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DRC: rumours of forced recruitment by M23 spark panic in Goma
After rumors of forced recruitment in Goma by the M23 rebel movement, parents rushed into schools to collect their children, ...
DRC conflict: Life under M23 rebel control
Weeks after M23 rebels seized Goma, residents are adjusting to a new reality. While some services continue, public support ...
As Rwanda-backed rebels seized Goma, the families of Congolese soldiers became a target
Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers.
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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DR Congo: M23 Drives Displaced People From Goma Camps
(Nairobi) – The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has unlawfully ordered tens of thousands of displaced people to leave the camps around Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights ...
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I live in African city held hostage by M23 rebels - I'm too scared to go to supermarket
In January, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels broke a ceasfire agreement launching attacks in South Kivu's capital city, Goma which has since seen nearly 3,000 people killed. The remaining citizens are ...
After Goma, DRC's Bukavu falls under M23 rebels' control
The armed group, backed by several thousand Rwandan soldiers, has taken the capital of South Kivu province. It continues to ...
Mongabay9d
Environmental & rights activists flee and hide as M23 captures DRC’s cities
In January and February 2025, Goma, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province, and Bukavu, the ...
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Congo-Kinshasa: Aid Efforts Hamstrung in Goma As the M23 Tightens Control
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, ...
DRC’s Fall Inevitable? Goma, Bukavu in M23 Hands | Kinshasa Is Only a Step Away | Rebels Set For...?
M23 rebels have captured Bukavu in the DRC, following Goma's fall, with locals surprisingly welcoming them. The DRC faces ...
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As Rwanda-backed rebels seized Goma, the families of Congolese soldiers became a target
As the M23 rebels swept into Goma in late January, they moved into military camps in and around the city, which had hosted hundreds of military families, and quickly emptied them of their ...
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As Rwanda-backed rebels seized Goma, the families of Congolese soldiers became a target
2025 in a Goma, eastern Congo school where she and her 10 children found shelter after her soldier husband was sent to Rumangabo for mixing and integration into the M23 rebel forces. (AP Photo ...