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On 27 October 2008, the Battle of Goma broke out in the city between the Congolese army, supported by MONUSCO, and Nkunda's CNDP rebels; 200,000 refugees fled the town. [70] On 3 November 2012 there was a clash between Congolese and Rwandan troops on the border just north of Goma. Goma was later seized by the M23 Movement on 20 November 2012. [71]
Goma is a commune located in the city of Goma, within North Kivu Province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1] Covering an area of 33,245 square kilometers, it forms the southernmost part of the city while also including sections of its eastern and western regions. [ 2 ]
Guma (Goma) Town (Chinese: 固玛镇; pinyin: Gùmǎ Zhèn; Uyghur: گۇما بازىرى, Гома), also known as Pishan Town (Chinese: 皮山镇, Pinyin: Píshān; written 皮亢, Pikang in the Weilüe), is an ancient oasis town on the main caravan route between Khotan and Karghalik and, in Han times, the route left from here to go to Arachosia through Hunza. [1]
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have taken over the key eastern trading town of Minova, according to various sources. The fall of the city puts the rebels within 40km ...
North Kivu (Jimbo la Kivu Kaskazini in Swahili) is a province bordering Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. [3] The capital city is Goma.Spanning approximately 59,483 square kilometers with a population estimate of 8,147,400 as of 2020, [4] [5] it is bordered by Ituri Province to the north, Tshopo Province to the northwest, Maniema Province to the southwest, and South ...
1910 - Goma confirmed as a Belgian possession in the Convention on the Lakes signed in Brussels on 14 May 1910 by plenipotentiaries of Belgium, Germany, and Great Britain. [ 1 ] 1925 - Albert National Park established near Goma.
The airport was officially inaugurated as Goma International Airport, capable of handling large aircraft such as DC-10s, DC-8s, and Boeing 707s. [3] Due to the proximity of the Nyiragongo volcano , takeoffs and landings were restricted to the southerly approach (runway 35), which remains unimpeded and secure, flying over the town and the ...
Goma is a city in the Democratic Republic of Congo. ... also spelled as Goma, a town in Xinjiang, China; Goma Station, a railway station in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, ...