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Goma, UN and DRC

UN warns of worrying humanitarian situation in DRC’s Goma amid assault by Rwanda-backed rebels

There was gunfire Tuesday in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma, as the United Nations warned of a worrying humanitarian situation amid clashes between Congolese soldiers and Rwandan-backed rebels who attacked the area and claimed to be in control.

San Francisco Examiner · 2d

Humanitarian situation in DRC's Goma 'extremely worrying': UN

The UN on Tuesday said the humanitarian situation in the besieged DR Congo city of Goma was "extremely worrying" amid mass displacement, food shortages, looted aid, overflowing hospitals and widesprea

U.S. News & World Report · 3d

Fighting Ongoing Across DRC's Goma, Rwanda Troops in City, Says UN

"Active zones of combat have spread to all quarters of the city, all the neighborhoods of the city," Lemarquis, the deputy U.N. envoy and top U.N. aid official in the DRC, told reporters in New York via video from Kinshasa.

M23, Goma and Rwanda

Reuters · 2d

Congo's M23 rebels take control of Goma airport, embassies attacked in capital

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, on Wednesday, Netanyahu said in a statement, amid the Gaza ceasefire and a regional diplomatic push.

Anadolu Ajansi · 3d

Congo soldiers 'surrender' to Rwandan forces, as UN staffers, civilians flee after M23 rebels run over Goma city

At least 10 prisoners were killed while escaping from Goma's Munzene central prison by setting fire, UN-backed Radio Okapi reported, adding that approximately 4,400 inmates escaped on Monday morning -

BBC · 1d

Outgunning Congo - the evidence that shows Rwanda is backing M23 rebels

Their fury is focused on Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who they accuse of backing the rebels - an accusation long made by the UN. To put it bluntly, a group of UN experts maintains the Rwandan army is in "de facto control of M23 operations",

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DR Congo hospitals overwhelmed after Goma fighting - UN

There are growing international calls for peace talks to end the escalation of violence in the east of the Democratic ...

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‘No safe place to go to from Goma’ for millions as humanitarian crisis looms in eastern Congo city

Bodies are lying on the streets. Medical staff in overwhelmed hospitals are treating hundreds of wounded civilians against ...

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Six peacekeepers killed fighting rebels in eastern Congo, officials say, as rebels close in on Goma

Fighting with M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo left six United Nations peacekeepers dead, UN officials said ...

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UN Commends Rwanda for Heeding 'Last Minute Call' to Relocate Goma-Based Staff

It was around 1:25 am, in the wee hours of Monday, January 27, when the United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator to Rwanda, Ozonnia Ojielo, received an official letter from his counterpart in DR Congo ...

Goma Hospitals Overwhelmed With Wounded, Dead Bodies in the Streets, UN Agencies Say

GENEVA (Reuters) - Hospitals are overwhelmed in east Congo's city of Goma, treating hundreds of patients with gunshot, mortar and shrapnel wounds while many dead bodies lay in the streets, U.N. and ...

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UN reports widespread looting in Congolese city of Goma as fighting continues to rage

In his first public remarks since the M23 rebels advanced into eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, on Monday, President ...

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'We don't know what comes next': Signs of surrender and fierce battles in Goma, now the site of the UN's largest peacekeeping mission in the world

The Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have released captured Romanian mercenaries who were fighting with the Congolese army. As they ...

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Congolese president snubs peace talks over Goma crisis

The Democratic Republic of Congo's President Félix Tshisekedi is not taking part in regionally brokered talks aimed at ending ...

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