I fled the fighting in Bweremana between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo [FARDC] and the M23 armed group ...
When the M23 seized Sake last month, the family fled to another displacement camp, in Rusayo, on the outskirts of Goma. And ...
Tens of thousands of IDPs are leaving and routine is tentatively returning, as residents hope for peace despite crisis.
A glimpse of life after the siege in the eastern Congolese city of Goma, as some semblance of a tenuous peace returns, as does the fear of reprisals.
Goma is a humanitarian relief hub for all of eastern DRC, and was the epicentre of a vast crisis before it fell. It hosted ...
The latest fighting forced hundreds of thousands of people who had been displaced by years of conflict to carry what remained ...
M23 rebels have taken over Bukavu a few weeks after seizing control of Goma. Family members of an SANDF member say he is in ...
Several weeks ago, the M23 rebels—one of over 100 armed groups competing for control in eastern Congo—began advancing toward ...
Thousands from eastern Congo have been fleeing conflict for decades, and many are being displaced again as the Rwandan-backed ...
The Rwanda-backed rebel group launched an offensive in late 2021, winning swathes of territory in North Kivu province from the Congolese army. By 2022, it had surrounded Goma, the provincial capital, ...
When the M23 seized Sake last month, the family fled to another displacement camp, in Rusayo, on the outskirts of Goma. And when fighting closed in on them again, the family found shelter at the ...