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Goma, M23 rebellion

‘Days of Mass Burials Ahead’ as Congo Mourns Its Dead in Goma

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the Central African country in decades.

Reuters on MSN · 2d

As Goma ceasefire largely holds, Congo rushes to bury bodies from rebel offensive

Rebels in eastern Congo's largest city, Goma, began a ceasefire on Tuesday and people rushed to bury some 2,000 victims of last week's battles for the city as they feared the spread of disease. The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who captured Goma declared a ceasefire on Monday and largely upheld it,

Associated Press · 8d

Thousands flee fighting in Congo as rebels claim they’ve captured the key city of Goma

Rwanda-backed rebels claimed on Monday they captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that remains largely untapped.

UN, Congo

NBC News on MSN · 2h

Over 150 women raped during Congo prison break, U.N. says

At least 165 women were raped by male inmates during a mass breakout from a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the United Nations.

BBC · 1d

More than 100 women raped and burned alive in DR Congo jailbreak, UN says

Footage from the jailbreak shows people fleeing from the building as black smoke rises into the air More than 100 female prisoners were raped and then burned alive during a jailbreak in the Congolese city of Goma,

AOL · 1d

Hundreds of women raped and burnt alive when militants stormed DR Congo prison

Hundreds of Congolese women were raped and burnt alive after Rwandan-backed militants raided a prison. The female inmates were attacked in their wing inside Goma’s Munzenze prison during a mass jailbreak,

America Magazine1h

Congolese bishop condemns ‘dire humanitarian situation’ after deadly attack in Goma

Approximately six million people have died in the conflict in the eastern D.R.C. since 1996. For decades, numerous armed ...

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Congo to seek UN investigation into 'mass violations' in Goma

The Democratic Republic of Congo will present a motion to the United Nations Human Rights Council seeking an investigation ...

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Food prices skyrocket in DR Congo’s Goma after M23 rebels takeover

The cost of some essential food items has more than doubled in Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic Republic of the ...

Newsday3d

Hospitals in eastern Congo are crowded with wounded and exhausting their supplies

GOMA, Congo — Hundreds of wounded people have poured into overcrowded hospitals in Goma, a major city in eastern Congo, as fighting rages on between government forces and the Rwanda-backed ...

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Congo urges stronger international pressure on Rwanda over Goma crisis

We don't need to have another stance of negotiations, because we spent two years negotiating, and there is a plan today,' says government spokesperson - Anadolu Ajansı ...