The United Nations has evacuated over 1600 staff from Goma to Entebbe. ;The UN confirmed that the Congolese staff will be repatriated to Congolese capital Kinshasha by air. It added that the ...

The United Nations migration agency says it is scaling back or ending projects around the world and firing staff following an ...

The male inmates, some of whom were killed by prison guards, plotted a mass escape on January 27 as the M23 rebel alliance battled with Congolese forces in Goma over control of the city, the UN ...

Ongoing violence and instability, including fighting by M23 rebels, has forced millions of people to flee their homes.

More than a month after rebels captured Goma, the capital of DRC’s North Kivu province, humanitarian workers dispute the UN’s ...

As M23 rebels entered Goma and the city was plunged into chaos, female prisoners were attacked, the UN says. The UN estimates another 2,800 were injured as M23 rebels captured the eastern city of ...

According to Uruguayan Army sources, two companies from the South American country were deployed in Rusayo, 17 km from Goma, in addition to guarding the UN Logistics Base housing civilians about ...

Practically all UN employees left Goma two days ago. "In the Donetsk People’s Republic as a result of successful actions by troops of the 36th motorized rifle brigade of Battlegroup East the ...

there is no doubt that Rwandan troops are present in Goma to support the M23 rebels. However, it is hard to say how many Rwandan forces are engaged in the fighting, he said. Units of the UN ...

Since 2021, UN and regional forces have worked to prevent M23 from taking Goma, but the group has been advancing in the mineral-rich yet conflict-ridden region.

"Food assistance activities in and around Goma have been temporarily paused ... according to the UN refugee agency's chief Filippo Grandi. The UN has also warned the conflict could spark a ...

Rwandan state media had earlier said buses were ready to evacuate UN staff and their families from Goma over the border. The battle for Goma is the latest chapter of fighting in eastern DRC ...