Nearly 3,000 people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the United Nations, after it was captured by rebels following days of fierce ...

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 ...

Mechanical diggers have spent days excavating the dark, volcanic earth of the city of Goma, preparing long trenches in which to bury the victims of one of the deadliest battles in decades in the ...

GOMA - Goma, which fell to M23 fighters and the Rwandan military last week, has become a symbol of the conflict that has ripped apart the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over three decades.

Horrifying details of atrocities are continuing to emerge from the Democratic Republic of the Congo 12 days after the Rwandan-backed armed group, M23, seized the eastern city of Goma. Nearly three ...

Vivian van de Perre, a senior UN official based in the city of Goma, said the "escalating violence" in the area has "led to immense human suffering, displacement, and a growing humanitarian crisis".

Following a swift advance, fighters from the M23 rebel group have seized control of that city. Goma is a major city with a population exceeding one million. Located on the border with Rwanda and ...

GENEVA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of Congo will present a motion to the United Nations Human Rights Council seeking an investigation into what it called "mass violations" of rights ...

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, a United ...

In Goma, grief is mingled with anger as the community mourns the tragic death of Kibomango, a former boxing champion and one of the 3,000 victims claimed by the M23 rebels. The memory of his ...