Goma International Airport Stories

Joint EAC-SADC ministers meeting calls for the reopening Goma, Kavumu airports in eastern DRC
Joint EAC-SADC ministers meeting calls for the reopening Goma, Kavumu airports in eastern DRC
Mary Wambui  |  Mar 18, 2025

According to their joint communique, the opening of the two airports in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces will facilitate the withdrawal of SADC tro...

Uhuru appointed to co-facilitate merged Nairobi-Luanda peace processes on DRC conflict
Uhuru appointed to co-facilitate merged Nairobi-Luanda peace processes on DRC conflict
Mary Wambui  |  Feb 24, 2025

The other facilitators are Nigeria's former president Olusegun Obasanjo and Ethiopia's former Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.

Drone-initiated shell strike at Goma Airport raises tensions in DRC's North Kivu
Drone-initiated shell strike at Goma Airport raises tensions in DRC's North Kivu
Mary Wambui  |  Feb 17, 2024

The incident happened three days after a mortar bomb landed inside one of the South African Contingent military bases.

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