In North Kivu, partners report that more than 110,000 people have left displacement sites in Goma and started to move to villages in the Masisi, Rutshuru and Nyiragongo territories.

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Over 100 armed groups are active in eastern Congo, mainly in the eastern provinces of Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu. The resurgence of the M23 rebellion in late 2021, ...

At the time, the Kivu Province encompassed North Kivu, South Kivu, and Maniema, with Bukavu as its capital. Originally named Costermansville Province in 1933, it was renamed Kivu Province in 1947.

Rwanda-backed M23 fighters took control of Kavumu airport, a major military base and the largest airport in South Kivu. The airport is 40 km north of Bukavu, the second-largest city in eastern Congo.

In North and South Kivu, humanitarian access is now severely restricted due to widespread violence and insecurity, which have rendered many key routes impassable. Roads to critical areas such as ...

In North Kivu, more than 110,000 displaced individuals left the provincial capital, Goma, and began to migrate to villages in the Masisi, Rutshuru, and Nyiragongo territories UN, February 12 ...

Several towns that fell to armed groups in eastern Congo’s North Kivu and South Kivu provinces have been recaptured by government forces, a Congolese army spokesman said, even as the rebels have ...

The rebels battled pro-government fighters known as Wazalendo on Tuesday in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces, a day after 24 members of two regional blocs – the East African Community and the ...

UN relief chief Tom Fletcher continued his visit Wednesday to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), touring ...

In late January, M23 took control of Numbi, in the highlands of northern South Kivu, and of Minova, by the shores of Lake Kivu. Following the takeover of Goma, North Kivu’s capital, the group ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group’s latest offensive, leading to the capture of Goma in North Kivu and Bukavu in South Kivu provinces in early 2025, resulted in the Congolese army’s retreat.