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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo on the shore of Lake Kivu. After receiving an influx of Rwandan refugees in 1994, Goma was the scene of a series of ethnic conflicts and uprisings against the country's central government.
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GOMA - The catastrophe for more than a million Rwandan refugees in eastern Zaire is far from over as a dysentery epidemic is rising despite cholera passing its peak around the border town of Goma, aid officials said.
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GOMA, Zaire - Five people were killed this weekend in Goma in the teeming Rwandan refugee camps of east Zaire as banditry and mob violence took their toll.
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GOMA, Zaire - Zairean youths hijacked cars and chased a soldier during a demonstration in the eastern town of Goma on Wednesday, halting the hub of relief work for 800,000 Rwandan refugees for five hours.
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GOMA, Zaire - Zairean youths demonstrated and hijacked cars in the eastern town of Goma, bringing the hub of relief work for
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GOMA, Zaire - The death toll in the crowded Rwandan refugee camps dotting the eastern Zairean frontier town of Goma remains
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GOMA, Congo - Angolan troops have joined Congolese soldiers battling rebels near the city of Goma, UN officials reported Friday, raising new fears the conflict will spread in the region as African leaders struggled to find a way to stop it.
Macleans.ca 2008
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GOMA, Congo - Angolan troops are reportedly fighting alongside Congolese soldiers battling rebels outside the eastern provincial capital of Goma.
Macleans.ca 2008
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GOMA, Congo - Angolan troops are reportedly fighting alongside Congolese soldiers battling rebels outside the eastern provincial capital of Goma.
Macleans.ca 2008
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GOMA, Congo-Angolan troops have joined Congolese soldiers battling rebels near the city of Goma, U.N. officials reported Friday, raising new fears the conflict will spread in the region as African leaders struggled to find a way to stop it.
Chicago Defender 2008
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GOMA, Congo - Angolan troops have joined Congolese soldiers battling rebels near the city of Goma, UN officials reported Friday, raising new fears the conflict will spread in the region as African leaders struggled to find a way to stop it.
Macleans.ca 2008
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