with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to Goma and seizing a nearby town as they battle the Congolese army. Bombs were heard going off in the city's distant outskirts and hundreds of wounded ...

By seizing Minova, a port city some 20 kilometres (12 miles) west of North Kivu's provincial capital Goma, the M23, which had already practically surrounded the city, has further tightened its ...

(MENAFN- The Rio Times) The conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has intensified, with M23 rebels gaining ground and threatening the strategic city of Goma. Turkey has stepped in ...

Thousands of people have fled their homes in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, as clashes between M23 rebels ... border town of Rubavu. "My husband lives here, he told me to join him to ...

GOMA, Congo -- Panic spread in Goma ... claiming that the rebels have entered and seized the town. "The population is in panic. The M23 now control large parts of the town," said Léopold Mwisha ...

As M23 rebels closed in on Goma, a major city in eastern Democratic Republic of ... Read more on FRANCE 24 English Read also: M23 rebels capture key town in eastern DR Congo, local official says ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Panic spread in eastern Congo’s main city on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to Goma and seizing a nearby town as they battle the Congolese army. Bombs were heard ...