Outside the morgue at Gomas North Kivu Provincial Hospital on Monday, Red Cross workers piled bodies into a large truck. It followed Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claiming control of the strategic eastern Congolese city a week…
In Gomas Kahembe neighborhood, nestled at the edge of the city near the Rwandan border, signs of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels takeover are clear to see. Many homes were hit by shelling as the conflict that…
On the shores of Lake Kivu, Goma residents were busy filling up plastic jerrycans with lake water. Less than a week since Rwanda-backed rebels claimed control of the city, basic services like water, internet and…
Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo were losing control of the key city of Goma on Wednesday after rebel groups backed by Rwanda took over the airport and shared plans to set up a…
A senior humanitarian analyst on Monday that the ongoing conflict in eastern Congos Goma will have a significant impact on access to humanitarian aid in the region. Mamadou Abasse Diop, a senior analyst with ACAPS,…
Goma resident Chibalonza Habimana is aware of the war at the gateway to her home city and the threat posed by the M23 rebels’ offensive but unlike thousands of Goma’s residents who have abandoned their…