While the fighting occurred very close to Goma town, most displaced persons had taken refuge with host families, as others had gathered in the concessions of churches and schools in the town.

SAKE, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -A town just west of the major east Congo city of Goma appeared under army control on Thursday hours after hundreds of residents fled an outbreak of ...

GOMA, Congo — At least 60 people have been killed in an overnight attack by Islamic-State-affiliated rebel group in eastern Congo, an official said. The attack was reportedly carried by the Allied ...

Spurts of high lava burst from Mount Nyiragongo on Saturday night, forming a thick red cloud over Goma town, approximately 10kilometres away. Goma town has a population of about two million.

The former governor of North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, who was killed in the M23 offensive in Goma in ...

Unarmed protesters in an eastern Congo city who accused a military officer of supporting Rwanda-backed rebels rebels have become the targets of gunfire that left at least three people dead.

Former members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and police officers who are believed to have ...

The Nyiragongo volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo is pouring lava towards Goma, displacing thousands in the city and its surrounding areas.

We are also negotiating with authorities to open a site for newly displaced in Goma town itself. Over the past days, UNHCR staff in Goma have witnessed the constant arrival of trucks loaded with IDPs ...

KINSHASA (Reuters) - A small plane carrying passengers and cargo crashed on Monday in the eastern Congolese town of Goma, a Reuters witness said. It was not immediately clear how many people were on ...

Miguel Masaisai, a 23-year-old athlete from Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo, is cycling 6,000 kilometres from his hometown to Cape Town in South Africa, in a bid to promote peace and unity in ...

A town just west of the major east Congo city of Goma appeared under army control on Thursday hours after hundreds of residents fled an outbreak of gunfire for fear of an advance by M23 rebels ...