Goma
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7.5
- proper noun
- Humanitarian suffering is set to worsen across eastern Congo following the fall of Goma.
- Goma and Rwanda
- RCD-Goma
Examples
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The soldiers who marched into Goma this week are led by the world's worst violators of human rights.
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Fighting in Goma is the 'tip of the iceberg' as some 25 armed groups control much of the region.
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And fears were growing that the rebels might try to take Goma itself.
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"Where must we go to be safe?" an elderly man asked me in a shelter near the town of Goma.
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Congolese flee the eastern Congolese town of Sake, just west of Goma, on Friday.
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In the rebel-held city of Goma, he is the humanitarian program coordinator for the international charity Oxfam.
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More than a million Hutus were put into camps around the cities of Goma, Bukavu, and Uvira in the current Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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From late August 2008, large-scale armed conflict returned to areas around the city of Goma in North Kivu following the initiation of a rebellion by the National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) against the DRC government and its allied forces.
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The city of Goma is known for its stunning views of Lake Kivu.
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Many tourists visit Goma to explore the nearby volcanoes.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Goma comes from the local languages around Lake Kivu and was the name used by the people who lived there. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a short, strong local name for the city by the lake and the volcanoes, so Goma feels like the place itself.