The Banyene family’s return to Sake, a town in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was far from a homecoming.

While the fighting occurred very close to Goma town, most displaced persons had taken refuge with host families, as others had gathered in the concessions of churches and schools in the town.

A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider ...

Frank, a World Vision staff member, lost two family members—Laurianne and Jean-Pierre—when the M23 siege on Goma turned their ...

In response to this development, Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has adapted by deploying mobile ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took control of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between 27-28 January, following a five-day offensive backed by the Rwandan army. After clashes between ...

UN troops deploy outside Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, as M23 rebels are reported to close in on the town. Credit: AP/Moses Sawasawa Dlamini declined to comment on ...

In late January, a person in the South Kivu town of Minova, west of Goma, said that the M23 had dismantled displacement camps and forced out the camp residents. The M23 told the residents they ...

a town along the road. “We’re afraid that the enemy will advance to Butembo," Kombi said. Butembo is about 210 kilometers (130 miles) north of Goma, the city of over 2 million people that the ...

Two United Nations sources and South Kivu's provincial governor said on Wednesday that M23 now controlled the town of Ihusi, west of Lake Kivu between Goma and Bukavu. "We have been informed that ...