Analysts: M23 capture of Goma in eastern Congo likely to open floodgates for illicit gold exports to Dubai via Rwanda and Kenya
A lightning advance in Congo’s mineral-rich eastern borderlands is set to boost the M23 rebellion’s illegal mining revenues, with analysts predicting a further surge in illicit trade in minerals including coltan and gold through neighbouring Rwanda. The Rwanda-backed insurgency entered Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest city, this week,...
Dead bodies strewn on streets in Goma as US, France, Belgium embassy attacked as Kenya’s is looted by mobs in Kinshasa
The Rwandan, French, US, Ugandan, Kenyan, Dutch and Belgian embassies were targeted. Videos posted online and verified by experts showed dozens of people looting the Kenyan embassy, while others showed looting had spread to other locations including a supermarket.
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels swarm eastern Congo’s capital Goma in major conflict escalation, new-borns killed
Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Alliance that includes the M23, said his forces controlled the city. His claim could not be independently verified amid conflicting accounts of the situation as the sound of explosions, heavy artillery and gunfire resounded all day.
Some 300,000 Gaza residents stream home to the north after hostage breakthrough
Despite the ceasefire agreement, Palestinian hospital officials said a bulldozer driver was killed by an Israeli missile along the coastal road west of Nuseirat camp in central Gaza Strip. There was no immediate Israeli comment.
DRC military surrender, Goma residents flee after Rwanda-backed rebels roll into eastern Congo’s largest city
As the M23 rebels entered Goma, a fire at the city’s Munzenze Prison on Monday morning resulted in the escape of thousands of inmates. “All the prisoners who were detained came out, whether women, men or minors, everyone came out,” said Mwamisyo Ndungo, one of the escapees who estimated that more than 2,000 fled the facility.
Hours after M23 and allies announce Goma capture, UN Security Council demands rebels halt offensive in eastern Congo
The UN Security Council urged Rwanda and the DRC to return to talks to achieve peace and address issues related to the presence of Rwanda Defence Forces in the eastern Congo and Congolese support for the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR).
Alliance announces fall of Goma city to rebels in eastern Congo as regional war looms
Well-trained and professionally armed, M23 – the latest in a long line of Tutsi-led rebel movements – says it exists to protect Congo’s ethnic Tutsi population.
M23 rebels order UN peacekeepers and national army in eastern Congo to surrender, say they will seize Goma city overnight
The rapidly deepening conflict is aggravating one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises and has raised fears the fighting could spill over into a broader regional war.
Civilians flee Goma as UN predicts imminent fall of the eastern Congo capital to M23 rebels
Three years into their current insurgency, the rebels, who the United Nations says receive backing from neighbouring Rwanda, now control more Congolese territory than ever before. Kigali denies supporting the group.
Ex-Ambazonian separatist: I fought to close schools in Cameroon; now I teach to open people’s minds
The Ambazonian rebel group believed that destroying schools would weaken the government’s control over the region, a strategy that left a deep scar on the educational landscape. Armed groups enforced boycotts, burned classrooms and killed teachers who defied their orders. Nearly 488,000 children in the affected regions were out of school in 2024, according to UNICEF.
