The crucial ferries were suspended for several days due to fierce fighting between the army and M23 rebels in the region.
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.
said in December when a memorial Mass was celebrated in his honor at Goma’s Sainte-Esprit Catholic parish. The Mass brought together family, friends and community members. They reminisced about ...
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 ...
Goma resident Bahati Jackson’s family has been hearing gunfire and remembers fleeing M23’s seizure of the city in 2012. But this time, they’re staying. “If we’re going to die, it’s better to die here, ...
Thousands from eastern Congo have been fleeing conflict for decades, and many are being displaced again as the Rwandan-backed ...
M23 rebels have taken over Bukavu a few weeks after seizing control of Goma. Family members of an SANDF member say he is in ...
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 ...