Rwanda-backed rebels take control of airport in Goma, eastern Congo's largest city
Rebels seized the airport of east Congo's largest city, Goma, on Tuesday, potentially cutting off the main route for aid to reach hundreds of thousands of displaced people, after capturing the city in an offensive that left dead bodies lying in the streets.
Setback for Congo as anti-govt fighters take Goma airport
GOMA: An armed group backed by Rwandan troops took control of the airport in the besieged DR Congo city of Goma while protesters complaining of international inaction over the crisis attacked several embassies in the capital Kinshasa, dealing a major blow to Congolese forces and putting the regional capital on the brink of falling on Tuesday.
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Fire and fury: the intense fight for DRC's GomaGoma, which fell to M23 fighters and the Rwandan military last week, has become a symbol of the conflict that has ripped ...
Rebels have seized control of large areas of Goma, setting up checkpoints and severely restricting humanitarian access, ...
The Citizen on MSN6d
M23 rebels take control of Goma airportGoma residents and UN sources said dozens of troops had surrendered, but some soldiers and pro-government militiamen were ...
The United Nations has heard that the rebels control the airport and are inside Goma, U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said at a briefing, describing the situation as "tense and fluid." ...
Three South African peacekeepers were killed on Monday when the rebels launched a mortar shell toward the Goma airport, which landed on the nearby South African National Defence Force, while a ...
The deep pounding of heavy artillery fire and rapid rat-a-tat of gunshots could be heard in a video of Goma airport, posted in the past several hours on social media and verified by Reuters ...
allAfrica.com on MSN1h
DR Congo - UN Call to Reopen Goma Airport 'Lifeline', As Crisis DeepensThe UN's top humanitarian official in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Tuesday called for Goma airport to be urgently reopened, warning its continued closure is paralyzing relief ...
Goma, the capital of North Kivu, is both a strategic economic hub and a trade conduit to Rwanda. Rwanda frames its ...
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