Tens of thousands of IDPs are leaving and routine is tentatively returning, as residents hope for peace despite crisis.

On the streets I once walked and drove down daily, near the shopping centre where I bought my groceries, dead bodies lay ...

The M23 rebel group have captured the city of Goma in the eastern DRC in a major escalation of a drawn-out conflict.

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

More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire to a prison in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

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Goma, a key hub in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, fell to the M23 rebels and ... which is nestled between a towering volcano and the glittering Lake Kivu, one of Africa's great lakes.

Residents walk by charred vehicles in Goma, Democratic republic of the Congo, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025 Hawaiian volcano erupts ...

There are growing international calls for Rwanda and the DRC to restart peace talks, as the Rwandan backed rebels take over a major city in the mineral rich region of eastern Congo.

A glimpse of life after the siege in the eastern Congolese city of Goma, as some semblance of a tenuous peace returns, as does the fear of reprisals.