Panic spreads in eastern Congo's largest city as rebels close in …
10 hours ago · M23 seized Goma in 2012 and controlled it for over a week. RELATED COVERAGE A rebel group is advancing on eastern Congo’s largest city and over 100,000 people have fled. M23 rebels in eastern Congo seize a town on a key supply route to the provincial capital. Rights group accuses Congo’s army and a rebel group of possible war crimes ...
Thousands Uprooted as Congo M23 Rebels Near Goma in Major …
16 hours ago · Reuters. Civilians carry their belongings as they flee from the Nzulo camp for the internally displaced to Goma, as fighting intensifies between the M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the ...
A rebel group is advancing on eastern Congo's largest city and …
1 day ago · NZULO, Congo (AP) — The M23 rebel group’s advance toward eastern Congo’s largest city has displaced over 178,000 people in the past two weeks, the United Nations said, as the fighters closed in on Goma on the border with Rwanda. The M23 has been making significant advances, though it was unclear whether the rebels will try to capture Goma ...
Guterres voices alarm over M23 rebel offensive in DR Congo ...
4 hours ago · Recent fighting in the village of Bweremana north of Minova claimed at least 10 lives and triggered mass displacement toward Kalehe, Goma and Rusayo, leaving more than 250,000 people displaced, the UN peacekeeping mission, MONUSCO, said. “The Secretary-General calls on the M23 to immediately cease its offensive, withdraw from all occupied areas and abide by the 31 July 2024 ceasefire ...
M23 rebels in eastern Congo seize a town on a key supply route …
2 days ago · M23, or the March 23 Movement, is a militant group composed of ethnic Tutsis who broke away from the Congolese army just over a decade ago. The group rose to prominence in 2012 when its fighters seized Goma, the capital of North Kivu province and eastern Congo’s largest city, on the border with Rwanda.
Panic spreads in eastern Congo’s largest city as rebels battling the ...
5 hours ago · GOMA, Congo — Panic spread in Goma on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to the city in eastern Congo as they battle the Congolese army. Bombs were heard going off in the distant ...
M23 rebellion - Wikipedia
Mutineers formed a rebel group called the March 23 Movement (M23), also known as the Congolese Revolutionary Army. It was composed of former members of the rebel CNDP, and allegedly sponsored by the government of the neighbouring states of Rwanda and Uganda.
Congo rebels seize eastern town on critical supply route
2 days ago · The M23 rebel group in Democratic Republic of Congo has seized the eastern town of Minova, a main supply route for the provincial capital Goma, a local governor and a rebel leader said on Tuesday ...
DR Congo violence: Panic in Goma as M23 rebels advance - BBC
Rebels from the ethnic Tutsi-led M23 movement are blocking the two main roads into Goma from the north and the west and preventing produce from getting through.
Thousands flee in eastern DR Congo as M23 rebels advance near Goma
Feb 7, 2024 · Thousands of people are fleeing violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo as fighting intensifies between the Congolese army and the M23 armed group. Fighters reportedly surrounded the...
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