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Goma, Congo and ceasefire

The New York Times · 6h

‘Days of Mass Burials Ahead’ as Congo Mourns Its Dead in Goma

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the Central African country in decades.

Reuters on MSN · 1d

As Goma ceasefire largely holds, Congo rushes to bury bodies from rebel offensive

Rebels in eastern Congo's largest city, Goma, began a ceasefire on Tuesday and people rushed to bury some 2,000 victims of last week's battles for the city as they feared the spread of disease. The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who captured Goma declared a ceasefire on Monday and largely upheld it,

CNN on MSN · 1d

Rebels call for ceasefire in DR Congo after hundreds are killed in a week of fighting

A rebel group that claimed to have captured the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week has called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, after fighting with the Congolese military has left hundreds of people dead.

M23, Rwanda

EWN Sport · 25m

M23, Rwandan troops launch fresh DR Congo offensive

The United Nations meanwhile said the battle for the key city of Goma, which the M23 and Rwandan troops seized last week, had left at least 2,900 people dead - far higher than the previous death toll of 900.

Rwandan-Backed M23 Rebels Seize Goma And Advance Further Into Eastern DRC

United Nations agencies called for an end to the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting between

thenewhumanitarian · 12h

Roundup: Get up to speed on the Rwanda-M23 offensive in DR Congo

The capture of Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, last week by the M23 rebel group follows a three-year insurgency heavily supported by neighbouring Rwanda despite its awful impact on millions of Congolese civilians.

The Daily Star36m

At least 2,900 dead in M23 capture of east DRC's Goma: UN

Clashes last week in the eastern Congolese city of Goma, which saw the M23 armed group and Rwandan forces seize control, have ...

Hosted on MSN13h

DRC: Goma residents split on M23 ceasefire announcement

Reactions in Goma remain mixed. While some residents welcome the move as a step toward peace, others express deep skepticism ...

Al Jazeera on MSN2d

Tense calm, fears for the future in DRC’s Goma a week after M23 takeover

Tens of thousands of IDPs are leaving and routine is tentatively returning, as residents hope for peace despite crisis.

10h

M23 Rebels Capture Goma: DRC says it's a "War Declaration" by Rwanda | Vantage with Palki Sharma

DRC says it's a "War Declaration" by Rwanda | Vantage with Palki Sharma | N18G A militant group called M23 has captured the ...

independent.co.ug16h

Mass burials begin in Goma following deadly M23 insurgency

The process of burying victims killed during the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel insurgency in Goma, North Kivu province, ...

5d

Having seized Goma, Congo's M23 rebels want to show they can govern

When M23 rebels swept into the Congolese city of Goma this week, world powers urged them to immediately withdraw. Instead, ...

2don MSN

UN says the death toll in fighting in the eastern Congo city of Goma is at least 900

The U.N. health agency says that fighting last week between Congolese government forces and Rwanda-backed rebels in the major ...

France 24 on MSN8h

M23’s unilateral ceasefire a 'ploy', DR Congo govt spokesman says

After attacking the eastern DR Congo city of Goma last week, the M23 rebel group unilaterally decreed a humanitarian ...

8d

M23 rebels in Goma: gains to boost illicit mineral trade through Rwanda, analysts say

The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.

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