M23 fighters in the back of a pickup truck in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, in January, after taking control of the city.Credit...Guerchom Ndebo for The New York Times The M23 militia is ...

Tens of thousands have escaped Bukavu and nearby areas for Burundi, while uprooted people who were living in Goma having fled an M23 offensive elsewhere are now returning to devastated areas.

The Kanyaruchinya, Lushagala, and Bujari refugee camps on Goma-Rutshuru Road in eastern Goma, which sheltered hundreds of thousands of people fleeing the conflict for over three years, are now empty.

Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter Poli Zizak brings her love for future R&B, and electronic pop music in her new single "Shine." As the song title suggests, it's about self-belief and the… ...

Two months after the M23 rebels took control of Goma, the city is grappling with an unprecedented financial crisis. The banks have shut down as a security precaution due to ongoing conflicts ...

Goma market (Democratic Republic of Congo), on March 4, 2025. REUTERS Under normal circumstances, Goma's Birere market is a hive of activity, with hundreds of stalls packed with produce from North ...

When he heard that Freddy had been shot - by M23 rebels he was told - he and others rushed to the scene in Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. "When we arrived, we found Freddy still ...

In parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), communities are gearing up for war or fleeing to safety amid the advance of M23 rebels, who captured the key eastern cities of Goma and ...

Read our coverage of the conflict in eastern DRC Estimates of the death toll vary widely. On 3 February, Patrick Muyaya, the Congolese government spokesman, announced that more than 2,000 had died ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Mpox scars are seen on the hands of Bintu Biringingwa, at the Miti Murhesa hospital, some 25kms from Bukavu ...

M23 rebels sit on a truck during the escort of captured FDLR members (not pictured) to Rwanda for repatriation, at the Goma-Gisenyi Grande Barrier border crossing, March 1, 2025. PHOTO/ REUTERS ...

Université de Montréal provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. On Jan. 27, 2025, Goma, the capital of North Kivu in the eastern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...