On the shores of Lake Kivu, Goma residents were busy filling up plastic jerrycans with lake water. Less than a week since Rwanda-backed rebels claimed control of the city, basic services like water, internet and electricity were completely cut off.
Red Cross staff load bodies onto a lorry bound for the morgue of the hospital in the north of Goma.
In 2012, when M23 rebels appeared poised to seize control of a major city in eastern Congo, western countries suspended aid to put pressure on Rwanda to withdraw its support.
The UN says hundreds of people are wounded and that bodies are lying in the streets of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo following an advance by M23 rebels on the key city The rebels' claim that they seized the airport has been confirmed by diplomatic and security sources UN experts and others have long accused neighbouring Rwanda of backing the M23,
Hundreds of people in combat fatigues massed at Goma's Stade de l'Unité after M23 tells disarmed soldiers to report to stadium. Video credit: Social media.
Ukraine said on Wednesday it had struck a big Russian oil refinery in an overnight drone attack, and a Russian official said an attempted Ukrainian drone strike on a nuclear power plant had been thwarted.
Ukraine's government has sacked a deputy defence minister in charge of weapons purchases amid infighting over procurement that is complicating its attempt to
This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Patrick Sison, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide made or published by The Associated Press in the past week.
Mads Petersen, owner of Greenland-based startup Arctic Unmanned, sat in a car to keep warm while he tested a small drone at minus 43 degrees Celsius (minus 45 degrees Fahrenheit). The cold soon drained the drone’s power.
The Rwanda-backed M23 group is one of about 100 armed factions vying for a foothold in eastern Congo in one of Africa’s longest conflicts, displacing 4.5 million people and creating what the U.N. called “one of the most protracted, complex, serious humanitarian crises on Earth."
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Rwanda’s stealth occupation of eastern Congo
The fall of Goma heralds more bloodshed in eastern Congo
The scene is the result of the invasion of Goma on January 27th by M23, an armed group under the control of Rwanda, Congo’s neighbour, which abuts the city. Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, has escalated a crisis whose origins go back decades.
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Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo say they plan to take their fight to the capital
This happened while you were sleeping. Here's what global agencies reported overnight, from Wednesday to Thursday. An investigation launched into stampede at Maha Kumbh Mela in India - Reuters reports that authorities in India have ordered an investigation into the panic at the Hindu festival Maha Kumbh Mela,
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