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Earlier on Tuesday, Adelheid Marschang, the World Health Organization's emergency response co-ordinator for the Democratic Republic of Congo spoke of "hundreds of people in hospital, most admitted ...
At least 700 people in the city were killed and close to 3,000 injured as the rebels clashed with DR Congo's army and its allies, according to the UN and the Congolese government.
Fierce fighting rages on in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma, as rebels and the army exchange fire. ... told the BBC. Residents shared videos of M23 rebels patrolling Goma's ...
On February 5, 2025, M23 forces captured the strategic mining town of Nyabibwe, positioned halfway between Goma and Bukavu.United Nations officials confirmed rebel forces had advanced to within 50 kilometres (31 miles) of Bukavu, while maintaining control over Goma's transportation infrastructure, including all exit routes and the city's airport. [17]
Malanga moved from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United States in the late 1990s and worked as a car salesman in Utah before returning to the DRC to serve as an army officer. [19] He went into exile in 2012 after a coup attempt in the DRC the previous year. [19]
25 January – The DRC cuts diplomatic relations with Rwanda and orders its diplomatic personnel to leave the country amid accusations by Kinshasa of Rwandan support for the M23 offensive. [ 6 ] 27 January – 2025 Goma offensive : M23 claims that it had taken Goma , the capital of North Kivu.
DR Congo's government has not replied to a BBC request for comment on whether background checks were carried out, or about the pay disparity between the private contractors and Congolese troops.
The 2025 Kinshasa riots are a series of violent demonstrations that occurred on January 28, 2025 in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). ). Multiple foreign diplomatic missions, including the embassies of the United States, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Rwanda, Kenya, and Uganda, became targets of civil unrest as protesters expressed their opposition to ...