Amid escalating tensions between Congo and Rwanda, a regional bloc calls on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to involve all stakeholders in peace talks.

Congo-Rwanda Conflict: Regional bloc urges DRC to engage all stakeholders

Rwanda-backed fighters advanced on a second front in their offensive across eastern DR Congo on Wednesday after seizing control of the key city of Goma during heavy fighting with the Congolese military. In the face of intensifying conflict in the east, DR Congo's president. Watch in for more details!

Congo-Rwanda Conflict: DRC President denounces international community for 'inaction'

Congo-Rwanda Conflict: Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advance as efforts to contain DRC crisis intensify

As tensions escalate in the Congo-Rwanda conflict, Rwanda-backed fighters intensify their hold on Goma, raising concerns over security and stability in the region.

Congo-Rwanda Conflict: Rwanda-backed fighters tighten grip on Goma

Diplomatic missions, including the French Embassy, were targeted in Congo’s capital as violence escalates with a rebel offensive in eastern Goma. The attacks reflect growing instability and tensions between armed groups and the government in the region.

Congo-Rwanda: Several diplomatic missions attacked in Congo’s capital amid rebel offensive in Goma

There are growing international calls for peace talks to end the escalation of violence in the east of the democratic republic of congo. The fate of the economic and trading hub Goma is still unclear.

Congo-Rwanda: Conflict in DRC's east escalates as M23 rebels barge into Goma

World | There were conflicting accounts over how much of Goma remained under Congolese control after the M23 armed group and Rwandan soldiers entered the city's centre on Sunday night.

Clashes erupt in Goma as M23 militia, Rwandan troops seize control

In a tit-for-tat action, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda are recalling diplomats from each other's capitals. The actions come amid intense fighting between Congolese forces and Rwandan-backed fighters in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, which has resulted in the deaths of at least 13 soldiers serving with peacekeeping forces in the DRC.

DR Congo Conflict: Rebels enter outskirts of Goma & close the airport

Rebels from the ethnic Tutsi-led m23 movement are blocking the two main roads into Goma from the north and the west and preventing produce from getting through. Goma's population has swelled in recent days with people running from the advancing fighters. Re-elected president Felix Tshisekedi is now dealing with a multi-pronged crisis....one from the capital and the other from the countryside, will he be able to stem the rebellion? Only time will tell.

DR Congo violence: Panic in Goma as M23 rebels advance

Hundreds of those displaced by conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo marched through Goma on Monday, demanding aid and improved conditions at camps in Rutshuru territory.

Hundreds of displaced Congolese protest against DRC government

Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are protesting in Goma, North Kivu Province, March 6, to denounce the lack of humanitarian assistance, including the provision of food, amid the ongoing conflict against the M23 rebel group. Protesters marched from Kanyarutchinya, Nyiragongo territory, blocking part of the N2 highway. Reports indicate protesters are looting shops on their way to the governorate building in Goma.

Displaced Congolese protest against DRC government in Goma

Congolese are fleeing their homes and towns as apparent gains by M23 rebel group eastern Congo sparked a fresh exodus of people towards the provincial capital Goma.

Congolese flee towards Goma as rebels advance

Residents and a local official reported that M23 rebel fighters took over the town of Kiwanja in eastern Congo on Saturday, completely cutting off Goma, the capital of North Kivu, from the province's upper half.

Congo's M23 rebels capture Kiwanja, cutting capital Goma off from upper half

At least five people were killed and about 50 wounded in anti-United Nations protests in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern city of Goma on Tuesday, a government spokesman said.

At least 5 killed, dozens wounded in east Congo anti-UN protest

Thousands of people scrambled to flee the Congolese city of Goma on Thursday, some picking their way across landscapes scarred with lava after officials said a second volcanic eruption could happen any time.

Thousands flee Goma after Congo warns of possible new volcano eruption

An exodus of tens of thousands of people took place after authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo ordered the evacuation of part of Goma city on Thursday. The order was issued due to the risk of further eruptions from the volcano Nyiragongo.

DR Congo orders evacuation in eruption hit Goma, move triggers mass exodus

Repeated tremors shook the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, unnerving families still reeling from a volcano eruption at the weekend that destroyed nearby villages, displaced thousands and killed at least 32 people.

DR Congo's Goma hit by tremors after volcanic eruption, scores still missing 

Why Congo's Mount Nyiragongo is one of Africa's most dangerous volcanoes

Lava from a volcanic eruption approached the airport of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's main city of Goma.

Massive volcano erupts in eastern Congo

Tourists who were near the crater the Nyiragongo volcano in the Democratic Republic Congo erupted are safe, the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN) said Sunday.

Tourists and gorillas 'safe' after DRC volcano eruption

A smoking trail of lava from a volcanic eruption appeared to have halted a few hundred metres from the edge of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's main city on Sunday morning.

Lava stops short of Congo city after volcanic eruption

The World Health Organisation has vaccinated over 1,300 people who potentially came into contact with the Ebola virus in the Congolese city of Goma, it said on Sunday, helping contain what many feared would be a rapid spread in an urban centre.

WHO says no new Ebola cases in Goma, vaccinates over 1,300

The United Nations Ebola Emergency Response Coordinator confirmed on Thursday that the African country's border with Rwanda is now open. Watch this video to know more.

Ebola crisis: Rwanda-Congo border now open

Rwanda's border with Ebola-hit Democratic Republic of Congo was fully open late on Thursday, a minister said, hours after Congolese traders had reported it shut following a third case of the disease in the Congolese border city of Goma.

Rwanda reopens border with Ebola-hit Congo after traffic slowdowns

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