“The situation is confusing, complex and horrific,” said Greg Ramm, Congo’s country director for Save The Children, an aid ...

"The majority who fled from Goma went through Gisenyi to Kigali. They spent a night or two in both Gisenyi and Kigali. They started their journey to Uganda on Friday. It has been a 34-hour trip to ...

UNICEF is on the ground in the Democratic Republic of the Congo delivering urgently needed humanitarian assistance —but more help is needed as violence intensifies in the eastern provinces.

Multiple media reports have stated that the entirety of Goma, the capital of North Kivu, has been taken over by M23, yet the fighting continues as does the war of narratives.This Monday, January 27, ...

Congolese civilians who fled from Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, walk towards the Grand Barrier crossing point to return home, in Gisenyi, Rubavu district, Rwanda, Jan. 30, 2025.

For several days, a significant number of Goma residents crossed the border to seek refuge in Gisenyi, a Rwandan town bordering the DRC, where panic has been mounting amid reports of gunfire. In its ...

The tension between the two countries didn’t start yesterday in Goma. Rwanda and South Africa have traded accusations before, the former alleging that ANC bigwigs harboured Rwanda’s paramilitary group ...

For those living in Goma, which has been captured by Rwanda-backed rebels, there is little water, little food and much uncertainty. Rwanda-backed rebels took control of Goma, a city on Lake Kivu.

An armed group backed by Rwandan troops took control of the besieged Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma's airport on Tuesday, a security source said, following three days of clashes that ...