Goma - Wikipedia
Goma is the capital and largest city of the North Kivu Province in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located on the northern shore of Lake Kivu and shares borders with Bukumu Chiefdom to the north, Rwanda to the east and Masisi Territory to the west.
Goma, DRC: Nearly 3,000 people killed after rebels seize key …
6 days ago · Nearly 3,000 people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the United Nations, after it was captured by rebels following days of fierce ...
DR Congo conflict: What is the fighting in Goma about?
Jan 31, 2025 · After a rapid advance in the region, fighters from the M23 rebel group have captured almost all of Goma – a major city of more than a million people in the east of DR Congo.
‘Days of Mass Burials Ahead’ as Congo Mourns Its Dead in Goma
6 days ago · In Goma on Wednesday, pockets of the city remained unreachable to humanitarian agencies that lost months of aid in looting last week. Medicine, bags of rice from the World Food Program and cans of ...
Bodies on streets, hospitals struggle, battles intensify in DR Congo’s Goma
Jan 28, 2025 · Heavy battles between M23 fighters and Congolese government forces in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) city of Goma have left many bodies on the streets, with hospitals...
Goma under the M23: BBC visits DR Congo city under rebel control
Feb 3, 2025 · The M23 captured Goma, a city of nearly two million people, last week after a lightning advance in DR Congo's eastern region.
DR Congo rebels close in on Goma as 13 peacekeepers killed - BBC
Jan 26, 2025 · UN Secretary General António Guterres has called on Rwanda to withdraw its forces from the Democratic Republic of Congo's territory and on the M23 rebel group to stop its advance on the eastern...
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.
DR Congo: Battle for Goma continues as ‘volatile’ crisis unfolds
Jan 27, 2025 · 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...
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...