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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.
By Yassin Kombi and Sonia Rolley. GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Dead bodies lay in the streets, gunfire rang out and hospitals were overwhelmed in east Congo's largest city on ...
The U.N. voices concern over alleged atrocities as Rwandan-backed rebels reportedly advance after seizing the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo. U.N. warns of executions and gang ...
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.
When M23 rebels swept into the Congolese city of Goma this week, world powers urged them to immediately withdraw. ... Nangaa also pledged to get children back in school within 48 hours and open a ...
The DRC and Rwanda both say they are investigating the incident. [83] [84] At the 2022 Francophonie summit in Tunis, the DRC representative Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde refused to take part in a group photo with other Francophone leaders (including the Rwandan representative) as a protest against Rwanda's actions in the Congo. [83]
More than 700 people died as fighters from the M23 group captured the eastern city of Goma. ... BBC News, Goma. February 3, 2025 at 7:06 AM ... drove into the city of Goma in eastern Democratic ...
The 2023 Goma massacre occurred on August 27, 2023, when a protest erupted in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, against the presence of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) forces across the country. MONUSCO was accused of failing to prevent the violence by militant groups ...