The Congolese armed forces (FARDC) comprised around 135,000 soldiers in 2022 ... and combat tactics well-adapted to the mountainous terrain of North Kivu." In contrast, the FARDC is highly ...

The head of MONUSCO added that the UN mission has invested in mediation efforts led by Angola, providing "physical knowledge of the terrain", underscoring that ... In its bases in Goma, MONUSCO offers ...

Since January, the M23 rebel movement has seized Goma and Bukavu — two key cities ... The Congolese armed forces (FARDC) comprised around 135,000 soldiers in 2022, according to the International ...

They were all born and raised in or around the park on the eastern edge ... outside the park with village markets and the city of Goma beyond. For years it had been a morass of large rocks and ...

As the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has intensified in recent months, the UN peacekeeping mission, MONUSCO, has been working to protect civilians - including in areas under ...

Tanzanian and Malawian soldiers deployed in SAMIDRC since December 2023 have been held captive in their camps in and around the eastern DRC city of Goma since late January 2025, when they were ...

M23 fighters in the back of a pickup truck in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, in January, after taking control of the city.Credit...Guerchom Ndebo for The New York Times The M23 militia is ...

The Kanyaruchinya, Lushagala, and Bujari refugee camps on Goma-Rutshuru Road in eastern Goma ... chez nous et reprendre nos activités antérieures. Every day, I wander around with my and my family’s ...

Hundreds of Lithuanian and U.S. soldiers and rescuers took part in the search through the thick forests and swampy terrain around Pabradė, which lies just 6 miles west of the border with Belarus.