Tag: Goma
in the Goma camps, the displaced lack everything
For more than two years in the DRC, displaced people have found refuge near Goma, the capital of North Kivu. They are fleeing the fighting between the army and the…
in Goma, the anger of displaced civilians in the face of insecurity
Two people – a displaced person and a Wazalendo militiaman – died in Goma, in the east of the DRC, on Tuesday March 5, at Lac Vert. This neighborhood has…
last barrier before Goma, Saké remains in the hands of the FARDC but surrounded by the M23
Clashes between government forces and M23 rebels took place around Saké. This strategic town is located about twenty kilometers west of Goma, considered the last barrier on the road to…
in Goma, how the National Electoral Commission trains agents for the December 20 election
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Independent National Electoral Commission (Céni) maintains the date of December 20, 2023 for the presidential, legislative, provincial and partial municipal elections. At…
MSF warns of increase in gunshot wounds around Goma
A worrying increase in gunshot wounds was recorded around Goma, the capital of North Kivu and in the hinterland, during the months of October and November 2023. Médecins sans Frontières…
DRC: Moïse Katumbi, first candidate to campaign in Goma in a destabilized region
In the east of the DRC, the city of Goma received the first candidate in the running for the presidential election on December 20. The former governor of Katanga, Moise…
Elections in the DRC: the campaign hardly starts in Goma, a strategic city
While the electoral campaign began on November 19 across the entire territory of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), no candidate launched their campaign or held a meeting in the…
DRC: since the resumption of fighting in the East, displaced people arrive every day towards Goma
Just outside Goma, one of the largest cities in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the camps for displaced people have been saturated since almost the start…
four officers sentenced following the violent repression of a demonstration in Goma
On October 2, 2023, an officer was sentenced to death – a sentence commuted to life imprisonment in the DRC – and three other soldiers to 10 years in prison…
DRC: third day of the trial of the soldiers prosecuted after the demonstrations of August 30 in Goma
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), it was, yesterday Thursday, September 6, the third day of the trial of six soldiers of the Republican Guard (GR), including two senior…