Banks are still shut, basic services such as trade are slowly restarting, and thousands displaced by the conflict are desperate for aid and temporary shelters.

Sifa yararokotse, ariko Esther, umwana wiwe w'imyaka 2 yari anafise ubumuga, yamupfiriye m'umugongo, bagerageza guhunga. Ivyo abagore barenga 130 n'abana 26 bapfiriye mw'ibohero rya Munzenze ry'i Goma

Businesses are struggling to survive, financial transactions are almost impossible, and people are having trouble making ends meet.

Corneille Nangaa, leader of the AFC rebel alliance that also includes M23, addresses a press conference at the Serena Hotel in Goma, North Kivu province in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo January 30,

The Rwandan-backed M23 took control of the provincial capital Bukavu over a week ago, after capturing Goma, the capital of North Kivu and the main city in the country's east, late last month.

Classes started again on Thursday in some of Goma's schools, the day after panic broke out following a rumor alleging the forced recruitment of pupils by M23 rebels.

Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers. That's according to the soldier's families.

Seventy Christians were discovered beheaded inside a Protestant church in the Democratic Republic of Congo s North Kivu Province, according to reports, which say the victims had been kidnapped by

A driver passes the Central Bank of Congo in downtown Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, one month after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels captured the city. Currency exchanger Karu Lievain waits for customers in downtown Goma,

Rwanda-backed rebels captured a key eastern Congo city a month ago Friday. Residents in Goma, which was once a critical trade and humanitarian hub, say they are struggling on various fronts even as the rebels try to consolidate their administration and restart normal life.

The Congolese army called on deserters to rejoin their units on Thursday, as rogue soldiers fired guns and looted parts of the eastern town of Lubero after fleeing nearby clashes with advancing Rwandan-backed rebels.

The DRC illustrates how millions of people in fragile, violent and conflict-affected parts of the world are at risk of disaster.