Hunger threatens Congo’s Goma after fighting cuts supply routes
Goma, Democratic Republic of CongoReuters Sitting in the dirt, Valerie Kahindo picks spoiled kernels from a sack of maize – the only job the farmer can find in the eastern Congolese city of Goma after rebel fighters seized her fields and forced her to flee without her family. The mother of eight is among 450,000 […]
UN says M23 rebels killed at least 131 in Congo reprisal killings
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of CongoReuters The M23 armed group executed at least 131 villagers in reprisal killings in east Democratic Republic of Congo late last month as part of a campaign of murder, rape, kidnapping and looting, the United Nations said on Thursday. A preliminary investigation by the UN peacekeeping mission (MONUSCO) and the Joint […]
M23 rebels ready to withdraw from occupied areas in eastern Congo
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of CongoReuters Congo’s M23 rebel group is ready to withdraw from occupied territory in the east of the country and will support regional peace-making efforts despite not being represented in talks, it said in a statement on Tuesday. The Tutsi-led militia has staged several offenses in east Democratic Republic of Congo this […]
Congolese government ups toll in massacre to 272 civilians
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters Democratic Republic of Congo’s government on Monday said 272 civilians were killed in a massacre in the eastern town of Kishishe last week, raising the death toll from a previous estimate of 50. The government blamed the killings on the M23 rebel group, which has denied responsibility. It also […]
Thousands of Congolese churchgoers join nationwide marches against eastern violence
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of CongoReuters Tens of thousands of Christians took to the streets across Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday to protest violence in eastern regions, as church leaders accused the international community of hypocrisy over Rwanda’s alleged role in the fighting. After Sunday services, churchgoers in the capital Kinshasa and other major cities heeded […]
Congolese army says rebels massacred 50 civilians in eastern town
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of CongoReuters Democratic Republic of Congo’s armed forces on Thursday said M23 rebels and their allies killed 50 civilians in a massacre in the eastern town of Kishishe this week, which the M23 denied. Congo’s army and the M23, a Tutsi-led militia, have been locked in fighting for months in the country’s […]
Protesters in Goma reject east Congo ceasefire agreement
Goma, Democratic Republic of CongoReuters Hundreds marched in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of Goma on Thursday to protest against an agreement between African leaders to stop attacks by M23 rebels, saying it does not tackle Rwanda’s alleged backing of the group. The Tutsi-led M23 group is waging its most serious offensive in eastern […]
History repeats in Congo for families fleeing rebel violence
Goma, Democratic Republic of CongoReuters When Paskazia Kimanuka heard gunfire near her home in eastern Congo in early November, she knew what to do. Grabbing just a few possessions, the 58-year-old widow set off on foot with her six grandchildren – the third time M23 rebels attacks have forced her to flee. Walking through the […]
Hundreds flee as Congo’s M23 rebels near key city of Goma
Goma, Democratic Republic of CongoReuters Fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo between the army and M23 rebels has moved close to the key eastern city of Goma, said an army spokesperson on Monday, causing a fresh wave of displacement amid diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict. Clashes picked up again in North-Kivu province on […]
Congo fighting flares as hundreds shelter in convent – army, MSF
Goma, Democratic Republic of CongoReuters Fighters from the M23 rebel group clashed with the army in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday in a fourth day of violence in which four civilians have been killed, the army said. About 500 people, some of them injured, sought shelter in a convent in Ntamugenga village near […]