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The 2025 Goma offensive was a military operation launched by the March 23 Movement (M23), a Congolese rebel group that is part of the Congo River Alliance (AFC) and is supported by Rwanda, against the regional capital of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It lasted from January 23 to January 30, 2025.
The Democratic Republic of Congo's President Félix Tshisekedi is not taking part in regionally brokered talks aimed at ending the rebel assault on the key eastern city of Goma, state media has ...
A rebel group that claimed to have captured the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week has called ... DRC leader Felix Tshisekedi vowed “a vigorous and coordinated ...
M23 fighters entered Goma on Monday in the. ... has suggested the rebels' aim is to replace President Felix Tshisekedi and his government in the capital 1,600 km (1,000 miles) away. ...
Planned negotiations between Rwandan president Paul Kagame and Congolese president Felix Tshisekedi in December were cancelled over disagreements about preconditions. [ 15 ] During January 2025, the rebels carried out a successful offensive on Goma , the capital of the DRC's North Kivu province, displacing over 400,000 people and causing the ...
27 January – 2025 Goma offensive: M23 claims that it had taken Goma, the capital of North Kivu. [7] 28 January – 2025 Kinshasa riots: The French embassy in Kinshasa is set on fire by protesters demonstrating against the conflict in the eastern DRC. The Rwandan, French, Belgian and US embassies are also attacked. [8]
This follows Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi’s call on Thursday for a mass military mobilization. As he took office on Friday as the new governor of North Kivu, which includes Goma, Maj. Gen. Somo Kakule Evariste vowed to “move as soon as possible” to Goma to restore government control.
Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi has repeatedly refused to talk directly to the M23 and cancelled his appearance at the AU summit, sending his prime minister to represent Congo.