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‘Days of Mass Burials Ahead’ as Congo Mourns Its Dead in Goma
Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...
As Goma ceasefire largely holds, Congo rushes to bury bodies from rebel offensive
Rebels in eastern Congo's largest city, Goma, began a ceasefire on Tuesday and people rushed to bury some 2,000 victims of ...
UN says the death toll in fighting in the eastern Congo city of Goma is at least 900
The U.N. health agency says that fighting last week between Congolese government forces and Rwanda-backed rebels in the major ...
AFP on MSN2d
Cut off from Goma by front line, prices soar in DR Congo city
The still waters of Lake Kivu stretch all the way to the horizon, undisturbed by the turbulence raging on its shores. Both ...
Congo to seek UN investigation into 'mass violations' in Goma
The Democratic Republic of Congo will present a motion to the United Nations Human Rights Council seeking an investigation ...
Courthouse News Service11d
Fighting rages in Congo’s Goma after militia, Rwandan troops enter city
(AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa) GOMA, Congo (AFP) — Heavy artillery fire and gunshots echoed through the besieged Congolese ...
Newsday9d
What is happening in eastern Congo, where rebels claim they captured a key city?
DAKAR, Senegal — Rwanda-backed rebels have claimed control of eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that remains largely ...
The Washington Post4d
Hospitals in eastern Congo are crowded with wounded and exhausting their supplies
GOMA, Congo — Hundreds of wounded people have poured into overcrowded hospitals in Goma, a major city in eastern Congo, as fighting rages on between government forces and the Rwanda-backed ...
Al Jazeera on MSN3d
Tense calm, fears for the future in DRC’s Goma a week after M23 takeover
Tens of thousands of IDPs are leaving and routine is tentatively returning, as residents hope for peace despite crisis.
Newsday9d
M23 rebels expand their control of Goma in eastern Congo
GOMA, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels captured large parts of Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, including its airport, the United Nations said, as Rwanda's president on Wednesday joined ...