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Military officers attend a court martial in Goma, DRC, where eight officers were sentenced to death for Battalion were dispatched to the verdant hills near Lake Kivu to thwart a rebel advance threatening Goma December, as the M23 movement advanced, the battalion's commander fabricated a medical note to return to Goma M23 spokesperson Willy Ngoma noted that some rebels speak Kinyarwanda, Rwanda's main language, leading FDLR spokesperson Cure Ngoma accused Rwanda and M23 of using accusations of collaboration as a pretext

Backed by logistical and military support from Kigali, M23 captured Goma and Bukavu in early 2025. M23 forcibly dismantled the displacement camps around Goma. People were rounded up and pushed into the Lake Kivu Christian Center in Goma. In Goma’s Unity Stadium, 181 men were paraded in front of the media as “Rwandans” despite holding Congolese

The rebels are reportedly advancing toward Goma , the largest city in eastern Congo and the capital of Supply routes to Goma are currently blocked.

AM Modified: April 18, 2024 at 11:58:34 AM The United Nations Human Rights Commissioner, Volker Turk GOMA Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), during his visit to an internally displaced persons camp near Goma

The letter also described the dire situation in Goma, where many residents are trapped without adequate we will not let it happen" warns Ndayishimiye FARDC Stands Strong Against M23's Attempt to Capture Goma Treason as Congo Seizes Assets and Shuts Down His Party DR.Congo Rwanda’s Puppet Returns: Kabila Enters Goma

sources and Rwandan refugees in the DRC shared that RDF and M23 forces found Ézéchiel Gakwerere in Goma He was kept in a safe house in Goma by Rwanda’s intelligence and security services, where he was allegedly Treason as Congo Seizes Assets and Shuts Down His Party DR.Congo Rwanda’s Puppet Returns: Kabila Enters Goma

people over the past nine months, with many seeking refuge in overcrowded camps around the city of Goma military positions, including around the strategic town of Sake, playing a pivotal role in encircling Goma

II.B & VII.A – territorial expansion/war crimes During the January 2025 offensive on Sake and Goma, M23 VI.G – forced displacement M23 ordered tens of thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) around Goma citizens to Rwanda after branding them “Rwandan”; the group burned their Congolese identity cards in Goma IX.A Rwanda’s army trained and fought alongside M23 during the assault on Sake and Goma. III.B – AFC administration After capturing Goma and Bukavu, AFC/M23 installed its own administrators

Discover the top 10 cities to visit in DR Congo in 2025 from vibrant Kinshasa to scenic Goma and Bukavu A snapshot of DR Congo’s urban spirit from Kinshasa’s skyline and Goma’s lakefront calm to Bukavu’s hillside worth visiting Discover the top 10 cities to visit in DR Congo in 2025 from vibrant Kinshasa to scenic Goma in January and September 2025 , and Human Rights Watch documented that the M23 rebel group captured Goma Goma Aerial view of Goma’s lakeside neighborhoods on Lake Kivu Few places pack adrenaline like Goma.

crimes against humanity, wilful killings, rape, torture, deportation, and the forced occupation of Goma Survivors and officials say he showed no compassion for the thousands of civilians massacred in Goma On 29 May 2025, he reportedly traveled via Kigali to Goma to publicly endorse the rebels’ cause.

Rwanda’s international bonds lost value after the M23 rebels entered Goma, a city with about 2 million In 2012, when the M23 rebels last took Goma, cutting aid to Rwanda had an immediate effect. Treason as Congo Seizes Assets and Shuts Down His Party DR.Congo Rwanda’s Puppet Returns: Kabila Enters Goma

for sovereignty and survival A young Wazalendo fighter stands guard near Sake, as M23 advances toward Goma By January 2025, it had reached Goma, leaving roughly 7000 dead and displacing hundreds of thousands. Sake, a crossroads town west of Goma, has become a bulwark against the Rwanda-backed M23’s push toward During clashes in April 2025 that left more than a hundred dead in Goma, Reuters quoted Wazalendo leaders APCLS declared: “Without our resistance, the enemy would have already taken sake (before the fall of Goma