A member of the M23 armed group walks alongside residents on a street in the Keshero district of Goma, on January 27, 2025. STR/AFP Only after nightfall on Monday, January 27, could the ...

which occurred around 10 p.m. in Goma’s Lac Vert and Keshero neighbourhoods, was a confrontation between the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC/M23) rebel fighters and forces from a Congolese government ...

The takeover of Goma is yet another territorial gain for the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) rebel coalition, which includes the M23 armed group – sanctioned by the United States and the United Nations.

Residents react as members of the M23 armed group walk through a street of the Keshero neighborhood in Goma, on January 27, 2025. AFP Goma: Clashes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s ...

The clashes in Goma between the AFC/M23 and the government coalition occurred around 10pm on Friday in Lac Vert and Keshero neighbourhoods, and they were the first since the rebels took control of ...

Members of the M23 armed group walk alongside residents through a street of the Keshero neighborhood in Goma, on Jan 27, 2025. [AFP] Kenyan President William Ruto said Monday that the presidents ...

A member of the M23 armed group walk alongside residents through a street of the Keshero neighborhood in Goma, on January 27, 2025. -STR / AFP Thousands fled the city of Goma in the Democratic ...

By 2012, it had taken control of Goma, retreating after more negotiations with the government. A member of the M23 armed group walks alongside residents through a street of the Keshero ...

The group's capture of most of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, earlier in the week was a dramatic escalation in a region that has seen decades of conflict involving multiple armed groups.

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Once again, the eastern Congolese city of Goma has fallen to the Rwanda-backed ...

Members of the M23 armed group walk alongside residents through a street of the Keshero neighborhood in Goma, on January 27, 2025. (Credit: AFP) Goma jailbreak As Goma descended into chaos ...