Eastern Congo Conflict Escalates

This is a Congo news story, published by ABC News, that relates primarily to Goma news.

Congo news

For more Congo news, you can click here:

more Congo news

Goma news

For more Goma news, you can click here:

more Goma news

News about Africa politics

For more Africa politics news, you can click here:

more Africa politics news

ABC News news

For more news from ABC News, you can click here:

more news from ABC News

About the Otherweb

Otherweb, Inc is a public benefit corporation, dedicated to improving the quality of news people consume. We are non-partisan, junk-free, and ad-free. We use artificial intelligence (AI) to remove junk from your news feed, and allow you to select the best world news, business news, entertainment news, and much more. If you like this article about Africa politics, you might also like this article about

Rwandan forces

. We are dedicated to bringing you the highest-quality news, junk-free and ad-free, about your favorite topics. Please come every day to read the latest Congolese forces news, Congo news, news about Africa politics, and other high-quality news about any topic that interests you. We are working hard to create the best news aggregator on the web, and to put you in control of your news feed - whether you choose to read the latest news through our website, our news app, or our daily newsletter - all free!

eastern Congo

ABC News

•

World

What to know about the escalating conflict in eastern Congo as rebels close in on Goma

Summary

Nutrition label

81% Informative

Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo , where rebels are closing in on Goma .

The offensive by the Rwanda -backed M23 rebel group has stretched local hospitals to the limit.

Thousands have been displaced, exacerbating an existing humanitarian crisis and prompting fears of an all-out regional war.

Congo , the United States and U.N. experts accuse Rwanda of backing the M23 , which had only hundreds of members in 2021 .

Congo ’s government and allied forces, including Burundian troops and U.N. troops, have been keeping the rebels away from Goma .

The capture of such a large city will certainly be a huge boost for the rebels, an economist says.

Its fall would also have a “catastrophic impact on hundreds of thousands of civilians, putting them at risk of heightened exposure to human rights violations and abuses”.

VR Score

Informative language

Neutral language

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful