As Liu Dong boarded a plane from Shanghai to Osaka in 2023, she walked on with an apprehension only outweighed by her determination to escape. China's most populous city had the year before ...

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Others abandoned their vehicles in order to flee quicker on foot. Short’s home was spared once again, but one of his sons lost their house. “I will definitely stay in my home,” Short told ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Goma resident Chibalonza Habimana is aware of the war at the gateway to her home city and the threat posed ...

Fierce fighting rages on in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma, as rebels and the army exchange fire. "All we can hear [are] gunshots around the city," one Goma resident, who ...

Conflict in the region in recent years has forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes. The ICRC adds that Rusayo camp - located on the outskirts of Goma - was caught up in clashes ...

The M23 offensive, including frequent attacks on civilians, has forced more than a million people to flee from their homes across the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Hundreds of people attempted to flee to Rwanda through the “Great Barrier” border crossing east of Goma on Sunday. Migration officers carefully checked travel documents. “I am crossing to ...

Thousands of people are fleeing camps on the outskirts of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as fighting intensifies between Rwanda-backed rebels and government forces. The M23 rebel ...

Many, however, tried to flee into neighboring Rwanda, marching in the heat and through the night along roads with heavy traffic, clinging to their babies, clothes and other belongings on their ...

Saltmarsh told journalists in Geneva. He noted that heavy bombardments from clashes involving the M23 rebels forced families to flee various displacement sites on the periphery of Goma and try to seek ...