As news of fighting spread, schools in Goma sent students home on Thursday morning. “We are told that the enemy wants to enter the city. That’s why we are told to go home,” Hassan Kambale, a ...
in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. Credit: AP/Moses Sawasawa “We are told that the enemy wants to enter the city, that’s why we are told to go home,” Hassan ...
Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the ...
Panic spread in Goma on Thursday ... why we are told to go home," Hassan Kambale, a 19-year-old high school student, said. "We are constantly waiting for the bombs." Congo, the United States ...
As news of fighting spread, schools in Goma sent students home on Thursday morning. “We are told that the enemy wants to enter the city. That’s why we are told to go home,” Hassan Kambale, a ...
M23 is one of about 100 armed groups that have been vying for a foothold in mineral-rich eastern Congo, in a decades-long conflict that has created one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises.
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Panic spread in Goma on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to the city in eastern Congo as they battle the Congolese army. Bombs were heard going off in the ...