Read more Goma stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/29396/goma.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:22:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66619/clinton-challenges-congo-to-stop-sexual-violence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHillary Clinton traveled to war-ravaged eastern Congo today, where the nation's top diplomat demanded an end to the sexual violence that has claimed at least 200,000 victims. Clinton came to Goma aboard a UN plane over the objections of some top aides who were concerned about security and logistics...http://www.newser.com/story/66619/clinton-challenges-congo-to-stop-sexual-violence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 11 Aug 2009 6:51:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/42034/thousands-flee-as-congo-ceasefire-fails.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe ceasefire in eastern Congo crumbled yesterday as Tutsi rebels and Hutu militias did battle, leaving dozens of bodies lying in the streets of a town near the Rwandan border and forcing 35,000 residents to flee, the Guardian reports. Hutu residents have accused the rebel army of Laurent Nkunda...http://www.newser.com/story/42034/thousands-flee-as-congo-ceasefire-fails.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Nov 2008 8:30:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41389/ceasefire-calms-congo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo has eased after rebels declared a cease-fire, reports the Los Angeles Times . As paramilitary forces moved through the countryside, refugees flooded into the eastern city of Goma—only to face assault, rape and murder at the hands of the Congolese army. UN officials...http://www.newser.com/story/41389/ceasefire-calms-congo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Oct 2008 6:54:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/41177/un-pleads-for-troops-as-congo-battle-rages.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe overwhelmed United Nations peacekeeping force in eastern Congo is urgently calling for reinforcements, the AP reports. A surge in fighting between Congolese government troops and forces led by a renegade general has sent tens of thousands fleeing. The UN currently has only 6,000 troops in North Kivu, where...http://www.newser.com/story/41177/un-pleads-for-troops-as-congo-battle-rages.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Oct 2008 8:07:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24589/congo-plane-crash-kills-75.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Congolese jetliner carrying around 85 people failed to take off today from an airport in Goma, crashing at high speed into a busy market neighborhood at the end of the runway. Local officials said dozens of bodies—as many as 75 people—were pulled from the wreckage.http://www.newser.com/story/24589/congo-plane-crash-kills-75.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Apr 2008 13:30:29 CDT