Drone strike kills UN aid worker in the eastern Congo city of Goma

A series of explosions attributed to drones killed at least one person, a U.N. aid worker, as the attack on the Wednesday ...
Save the Children

DRC: Over 1.5 Million Children Need Protection as Goma Faces Heavy Fighting, Save the Children

GOMA (January 27, 2025) – Children caught in heavy fighting in the town of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must be protected, with Save the Children concerned for their safety ...
Daily Mail

Guy Goma in TV's funniest interview with the BBC when he went on air by mistake

It may be 10 years since a man was mistaken for the wrong person and interviewed on live TV - but the internet never forgets such moments of awkward hilarity. Back in 2006 a business graduate named ...
Neue Zürcher Zeitung

«If they get in here, run down to the boat»: The war in Congo reaches new heights in Goma

Goma, a large city in eastern Congo, has been taken over by the M23 rebel group and Rwandan soldiers, resulting in deaths and reports of rape and looting. The situation has sparked international ...
National Catholic Reporter

Congolese bishops say Goma situation remains grave; full scale of human toll still emerging

As an uneasy calm returned to the Congolese city of Goma, following a unilateral ceasefire declared by the rebels, people began burying the dead, and agencies rushed aid to thousands of displaced ...
The Guardian

DRC conflict: M23 rebels enter Goma after claiming capture of city – as it happened

Rwanda-backed rebels have captured largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo as United Nations reports ‘mass panic’ Hello and welcome to the Democratic Republic of Congo live blog, ...
NPR

The latest on the fighting in the Congolese city of Goma

There are growing international calls for Rwanda and the DRC to restart peace talks, as the Rwandan backed rebels take over a major city in the mineral rich region of eastern Congo. U.N. aid agencies ...
Yahoo

Fighting ongoing across DRC's Goma, Rwanda troops in city, says UN

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Fighting across the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and "is still very much ongoing ... it's not over yet," senior U.N. official in Congo, Bruno ...
Anadolu Ajansi

Humanitarian situation in Goma remains dire despite ceasefire

Hospitals in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's largest city, Goma, are struggling to treat hundreds of wounded patients, with some reporting shortages of medicines days after the M23 rebel group ...
The Guardian

Goma back on the map as violence gives way to construction and croissants

Vanessa Jados, 27, had croissant cravings while pregnant with her first child – but the nearest decent croissant was a three-and-a-half-hour drive away, across the border in Rwanda. Today, the ...
WUNC

The latest on the fighting in the Congolese city of Goma

U.N. aid agencies are warning of a major humanitarian crisis as fighting continues in the Congolese city of Goma. The city of over 2 million people is the main trading hub of the mineral-rich region.