What to know about the escalating conflict in eastern Congo as …
2 days ago · The M23 rebels — or The March 23 Movement — is one of about 100 armed groups vying for a foothold in the mineral-rich region in a decades-long conflict in eastern Congo. In …
M23 rebels battling Congo’s army close in on Goma as panic …
3 days ago · GOMA, Congo (AP) — Panic spread in eastern Congo’s main city on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to Goma and seizing a nearby town as they battle the …
Thousands uprooted as Congo M23 rebels near Goma in major …
3 days ago · The M23 briefly managed to take over Goma in 2012, prompting international donors to cut aid to Rwanda. Even then the rebels did not hold as much ground as they do now.
M23 rebels in eastern Congo seize a town on a key supply route …
5 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 …
DR Congo emergency: Fears that regional capital Goma faces attack
2 days ago · “We are deeply alarmed at the heightened risk of an attack by the M23 armed group on Goma, the capital of North Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo…Any such …
M23 rebellion - Wikipedia
M23 rebels in Goma. M23 forces began an assault against army positions in Goma on 19 November, sending mortar shells and machine gun fire into the city which was still being …
Rebels fighting their way closer to Goma in eastern Congo
3 days ago · 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 …
DR Congo violence: Panic in Goma as M23 rebels advance - BBC
Feb 11, 2024 · 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.
March 23 Movement - Wikipedia
On 20 November 2012, M23 took control of Goma, a provincial capital with a population of a million people, but it was requested to evacuate it by the International Conference on the …
Congolese city Goma under threat as thousands flee rebel advance
Feb 7, 2024 · A rocket landed near a university in the Congolese city of Goma on Wednesday as thousands of civilians fled a fresh advance by M23 rebels that threatens to isolate the city of …
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