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Goma's most-traveled Tcukudu roundabout, April 2022. Goma is the largest and capital city of the North Kivu Province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. [15] To Goma's north lies Nyiragongo Territory, the Republic of Rwanda to the east, Lake Kivu to the south, and Masisi Territory to the west.
Goma has a population of around two million and is the provincial capital of North Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), being the largest city in the province. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] The Rwandan-backed rebel group March 23 Movement (M23), as part of their military offensive which has been ongoing since 2022, seized large amounts ...
The Tutsi-led M23 rebels on Tuesday seized Goma, east Congo's largest city and the capital of North Kivu province, which is home to lucrative gold, coltan and tin mines. They then moved on towards ...
M23 rebels, with support from Rwandan troops, marched into Goma this week and are now advancing toward Bukavu, capital of neighbouring South Kivu province, in the biggest escalation since 2012 of ...
Amid the escalating clashes in Goma, Rwanda has also been hit. Five civilians had been killed and 25 seriously injured in the town of Gisenyi, just across the border from Goma, a Rwandan military ...
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 DRC to cut off its diplomatic ties with Rwanda. The Congolese government called Rwandan military support for the rebels a "declaration of war."
Tens of thousands of Goma’s residents fled their homes after the rebels made swift gains in the North Kivu province bordering Rwanda last week (AP) “There was a major prison breakout of 4,000 ...
On Thursday, the rebels were advancing into South Kivu province and were 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the provincial capital of Bukavu, according to Nene Bintou, president of the civil society in the province. The rebels also had seized a town in the mineral-rich region a day earlier after the ceasefire was declared.