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February 24, 2025
Sudan army ends two-year siege of key city
GOMA — Heshima winces in pain as he tries to shift his weight, sweat beading on his face. The slight 13-year-old sits on a bed in a tent in the grounds of an overcrowded hospital in Goma city in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.Heshima's left leg is a bandaged stump, his stomach is streaked with burn marks, and both of his parents have been killed.A relative, Tantine, tells us who is to blame: M23 rebels — backed by Rwanda and battling the Congolese army, known as the FARDC. The rebels now control the two largest cities in this mineral-rich area, which borders Rwanda."It was a Sunday," she says. "There was fighting between them and the FARDC. They dropped the bomb, and I lost six members of my family."The M23 portray themselves as freedom fighters,...
February 19, 2025
Rebels leave families devastated in wake of DR Congo advance
GOMA — More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire to a prison in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a United Nations spokesperson has said.UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Seif Magango told CNN that most of the 165 female prisoners who were raped by escaping male inmates died in the fire.Between nine and 13 female inmates, “all of whom had also been raped,” survived the blaze, Magango added, citing a judicial source in the DRC.“We did not independently verify the judicial official’s report ourselves, but we do consider his account to be credible,” Magango told CNN Thursday.The male inmates, some of whom were killed by prison guards, plotted a mass escape on January 27 as the...
February 07, 2025
150 female inmates raped and burned to death during Goma jailbreak
February 04, 2025
Rebels declare ceasefire in DR Congo for 'humanitarian reasons'
February 03, 2025
Trump threatens to cut funding for South Africa over land policy
February 03, 2025
World’s most popular TikTok star Khaby Lame joins UNICEF as goodwill ambassador
January 30, 2025
DR Congo president vows 'vigorous' fight to halt M23 rebel advance
January 28, 2025
Peace calls mount amid conflict in DR Congo's key city
January 27, 2025
Rebels say they have taken key DR Congo city as thousands flee
January 21, 2025
Tanzania confirms Marburg virus outbreak after initial denial
