3 days ago · But six UN peacekeepers were killed this week around Goma, as well as nine South African soldiers from the regional force. ... Up to 4,000 Rwandan regulars operate in North Kivu, independent ...

2 days ago · Over 400,000 people have fled their homes since the start of this year, according to the U.N. refugee agency, as M23 rebels have attacked new areas of North Kivu province, where Goma is, and South ...

5 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 ...

3 days ago · Reports from Rwandan media indicated that Rwanda has received several civilians seeking refuge, while others fled Goma to Bukavu, provincial capital of South Kivu, via Lake Kivu. Following the capture of Goma, the M23 ordered the suspension of all activities on the lake, which could hinder the movement of people fleeing the fighting in Goma.

2 days ago · South Africa said 13 of its soldiers had been killed in clashes with rebels as they were trying to stop the advance on Goma. Three Malawian soldiers have also been killed.

3 days ago · Since the start of 2025 more than 400,000 people have been forced from their homes in the provinces of North and South Kivu, according to the UN's refugee agency.

3 days ago · Goma is a key location in the conflict-battered North Kivu province whose minerals are critical to much of the world’s technology. Rebel groups have long fought over control of eastern Congo’s ...

Jan 21, 2025 · The provincial governor of South Kivu, Jean-Jacques Purusi, confirmed the capture of Minova, adding that the rebels have also captured the mining towns of Lumbishi, Numbi and Shanje in the same province and the town of Bweremana in neighboring North Kivu province. ... The group rose to prominence in 2012 when its fighters seized Goma, the ...

1 day ago · Protests also broke out in Bukavu, a larger city to Goma’s south to which some Congolese officers are thought to have fled. Many of Bukavu’s residents fear they are the rebels’ next target.

5 days ago · Earlier in the week, they captured Minova, a strategically important port on the shores of Lake Kivu, and also the towns of Katale and Masisi, west of Goma. Most of the fighting between the Congolese army and the rebels on Friday was focused on Kibumba, a town about 25 kilometers (15 miles) north of Goma, and also around Sake.