Angola's announcement has prompted contrasting reactions in Goma, under M23 rule since January. “It's a breath of relief for us, the civilian population,” said Franck Mbutu, a resident of Goma.

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took control of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between 27-28 January, following a five-day offensive backed by the Rwandan army. After clashes between ...

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With prayers at home and a muted breaking of the fast, the holy month of Ramadan is different this year for Muslims in Goma. The city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was captured in ...

“Our camera trap inside Dehing Patkai National Park just captured a rare sighting of (an) elusive marbled cat.” Marbled cats, scientifically known as Pardofelis marmorata, are a small species ...

Nearly a month ago, M23 rebels captured the regional capital Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. At the time, one of the worst reported atrocities of the conflict took place ...

"He told me that if I tried to escape, he would kill me." Pascaline, 22, recalls the words of her rapist at a prison in Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, in the early ...

(Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP) Former members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and police officers who allegedly surrendered to M23 rebels arrive in Goma, Congo, ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo's major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers, the families say, with the troops' wives chased from ...

Some social media platforms, including X and TikTok, have been suspended in the Democratic Republic of Congo amid uneasy calm in the eastern city of Goma. The central African nation's Higher ...

Cheryl Manurung is grateful she wasn't home on the night a brief but damaging storm tore through her hometown of Marble Bar. "It peeled off the roof in my lounge, bedroom and half the bathroom ...