DR Congo: Goma under siege as ‘volatile’ crisis unfolds - UN News
3 days ago · As fighting intensifies between the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group and Congolese forces, UN chief of Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix underscored the critical state of the battle for eastern DRC’s regional capital Goma, describing the crisis as “volatile and dangerous”.
DR Congo crisis: ‘The violence must end now’, UN Security ... - UN …
2 days ago · Vivian van de Perre, Deputy Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in the DRC (), provided a detailed briefing from Goma, highlighting the dire humanitarian situation and the need for “urgent and coordinated international action" to stop the fighting between Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and Congolese forces – as they battle for control of the city. ...
UN: Fighting eases in DR Congo's Goma as rebels gain 'upper hand'
1 day ago · The United Nations said Wednesday that there is relative calm in the eastern Congolese city of Goma, following several days of intense fighting between the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels and the ...
DR Congo emergency: Fears that regional capital Goma faces attack | UN …
6 days ago · Since the UN peacekeeping Mission, MONUSCO, withdrew from South Kivu in June 2024, peacekeepers have defended key positions in North Kivu, including Goma and Sake, where clashes between the M23, the Congolese Armed Forces and many other armed groups have continued. Hundreds of thousands newly displaced. Some 400,000 people have been displaced in North and South Kivu since the beginning of this ...
Briefing Security Council on Goma Attack, Senior UN Official in ...
2 days ago · As the Security Council convened an emergency meeting for the second time in three days to address the worsening situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a senior United Nations official warned that escalating attacks by the 23 March Movement, or M23, continue to kill civilians and peacekeeping personnel in and around the city of Goma.
DR Congo fighting: Missiles fly over homes and bodies in streets in Goma
3 days ago · The UN's World Food Programme says food supplies in Goma are running low as access to the city's airport and major roads has been cut off. Food scarcity and rising food prices are a real concern ...
Six peacekeepers killed fighting rebels in eastern Congo ... - CNN
5 days ago · A UN armoured personnel carrier burns during clashes with M23 rebels outside Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025.
Rwanda, the West’s ‘Donor Darling,’ Seizes an Opportunity in Congo
2 days ago · After Rwanda-backed rebels seized the Congolese city of Goma in 2012, powerful nations across the world registered their disapproval, announcing sanctions against Rwanda and other measures that ...
DR Congo emergency: Fears that regional capital Goma faces attack
Jan 24, 2025 · Intensifying hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo involving the non-state armed group M23 have caused further mass displacement in the mineral-rich region, with fears that the regional capital Goma could come under attack, UN …
Thousands flee fighting in Congo as rebels claim they’ve ... - CNN
4 days ago · A UN armored personnel carrier burns during clashes with M23 rebels outside Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Jan. 25, 2025. Moses Sawasawa/AP UN and other countries call on the rebels to ...