Eastern DR Congo: Hundreds of thousands displaced in wave of …
1 day ago · The decades-long conflict in eastern DRC rapidly escalated at the start of January 2025, with clashes in Goma, North Kivu province. More than 480,000 people have been displaced, deepening an ...
DR Congo: Intensification of Violence in the North Kivu and South Kivu …
2 days ago · According to a rapid assessment conducted by health partners and the Provincial Health Division of North Kivu, around 2,880 injured people have been admitted to various health facilities in Goma ...
Why Are Congo and Rwanda on the Brink of War? - The New York …
Jan 28, 2025 · 2023-2024: M23, backed by Rwanda, gained control of large parts of the North Kivu region and mining areas. ... Elian Peltier is The Times’ West Africa correspondent, based in Dakar, Senegal.
What to know about the escalating conflict in eastern Congo as …
Jan 24, 2025 · DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the city of Goma, the government’s last stronghold in the region bordering Rwanda.. The offensive by the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group has stretched local hospitals to the limit, with hundreds of wounded coming in every day as civilians get caught ...
Rwanda-backed rebels move deeper into eastern Congo as UN …
6 days ago · As he took office on Friday as the new governor of North Kivu, which includes Goma, Maj. Gen. Somo Kakule Evariste vowed to “move as soon as possible” to Goma to restore government control. ... Mark Banchereau in Paris, Monika Pronczuk in Dakar, Senegal, Farai Mutsaka in Harare, Zimbabwe and Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations ...
Humanitarian Catastrophe Unfolds in North and South Kivu as …
Jan 29, 2025 · In North and South Kivu, humanitarian access is now severely restricted due to widespread violence and insecurity, which have rendered many key routes impassable. Roads to critical areas such as ...
Governor of Congo's North Kivu province dies of his wounds in …
Jan 24, 2025 · GOMA, Congo (AP) — The governor of eastern Congo’s North Kivu province has died from injuries sustained during fighting on the front line, a military spokesman said Friday, as M23 rebels closed in on the provincial capital.
UNHCR gravely concerned by worsening violence and …
Jan 24, 2025 · UNHCR is gravely concerned about the safety and security of civilians and internally displaced people (IDPs) in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as conflict further intensifies across South and North Kivu Provinces. The number of people displaced has now surged to more than 400,000 this year alone, almost double the number reported just last week.
Amidst a simmering conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, …
Jul 27, 2022 · DAKAR, SENEGAL, July 28, 2022 – As a humanitarian crisis grows increasingly dire across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s North Kivu province, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is calling for peace as well as for humanitarian support for the hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the fighting. Alarmingly, several months of ...
The situation in North Kivu is concerning and the Secrurity …
Jan 27, 2025 · The Security Council is meeting today because of the rapid deterioration of the situation in North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with the takeover of Saké and the encirclement of Goma by the M23, made possible by the active support of the Rwanda Defence Forces. The situation is concerning, and this Council must take the measure of it.