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29 days ago
A year since the M23's lightning offensive led to the fall of North Kivu's capital, residents struggle to make a living.
84 days ago
DR Congo-Rwanda peace deal faces skepticism as violence persists in Goma ⊖⊖
On the frontline, both sides accuse each other of violating the cease-fire. The Congolese army says rebels reignited hostilities, while AFC-M23 counters that government forces bombed their positions
85 days ago
In Goma, skepticism and fear persist as Congo–Rwanda peace edal Is finalized in Washington ⊖⊖
On the frontline, both sides accuse each other of violating the cease-fire. The Congolese army says rebels reignited hostilities, while AFC-M23 counters that government forces bombed their positions
5 months ago
‘I’m from where you learn to run before you can walk’: the comic strip artist telling the story of DRC’s conflict ○
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Edizon Musavuli uses his art to depict the daily struggles and constant insecurity of living in the rebel-occupied city of Goma
In the early hours of the morning, Baraka, a young boy, wanders through …
7 months ago
Goma reburial held for beatified officer murdered for refusing bribe ○
The remains of a Congolese customs officer beatified by the Vatican for refusing a bribe were reburied on Tuesday in a cathedral in eastern Congo’s Goma.
8 months ago
Ex-DRC President Kabila holds talks in M23-held city of Goma: Reports ○
Joseph Kabila is visiting the eastern city of Goma, which has been seized by rebels, after he was stripped of immunity.
10 months ago
‘I hope I’ll one day be at peace’: civilians seek mental health help in war-ravaged eastern DRC ○
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People traumatised by conflict have queued outside the Saint Vincent de Paul neuropsychiatric hospital in Goma each day since free scheme launched
On a sunny morning in the city of Goma in eastern Dem…
‘Shame’ on world leaders for neglect of displaced civilians in DRC, says aid chief ○
US and Europe criticised by head of Norwegian Refugee Council for ‘neglect’ of people living ‘subhuman’ existence
World leaders should be ashamed of their neglect of people whose lives were “hanging…
‘Women give birth on the ground’: Congolese forced to return home find devastation ○
Residents of Sake – given 72 hours by M23 rebels to leave camps in Goma – find a ghost town with homes in ruins and no way to make a living
Congolese people forced to return to their home town from di…
11 months ago
Supermarket guards, truck drivers and ‘very big mistakes’: the failed role of western mercenaries in the fall of Goma ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
An investigation into the DRC’s use of hundreds of hired Romanian fighters reveals how a disorganised operation with untrained recruits became a deadly ‘circus’
In January, after the two-year siege of…