Residents of eastern Congo's largest city of Goma greeted the arrival of Rwanda-backed rebels with trepidation on Monday, ...
Authorities say M23 rebels have seized the town of Minova, a trade hub for the eastern provincial capital of Goma. Members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo stand guard ...
Ethnic Tutsi-led M23 rebels enter city of Goma Gunfire heard near airport and other areas Congo accuses Rwanda of sending troops into Goma Conflict stems from Rwanda genocide fallout Thank you for ...
with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to Goma and seizing a nearby town as they battle the Congolese army. Bombs were heard going off in the city’s distant outskirts and hundreds of wounded ...
"Minova is in our hands," said Corneille Nangaa, leader of the anti-government Congo River Alliance (AFC), which includes M23. The fall of the town could put the key eastern city of Goma ...
GOMA, Congo (AP) — M23 rebels seized the town of Minova in eastern Congo, a key supply route for the provincial capital Goma, authorities said Tuesday, leading to a mass exodus of people in the ...
M23 has been making significant advances in eastern Congo in recent weeks. The rebels captured the key mining town of Masisi in North Kivu earlier this month, another key supply route for Goma.
GOMA, Congo -- Panic spread in Goma ... claiming that the rebels have entered and seized the town. "The population is in panic. The M23 now control large parts of the town," said Léopold Mwisha ...