Home to around 2 million people, Goma is the provincial capital of North Kivu and the largest city in Congo’s east. Humanitarian and medical facilities have come under fire amid the fighting.
Goma is the capital of Congo’s mineral-rich North Kivu region, a longtime tinderbox for ethnic violence and home to one of Africa’s most protracted conflicts. The city’s fall to the rebel ...
GOMA, Congo — (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels captured large parts of Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, including its airport, the United Nations said, as Rwanda's president on Wednesday ...