Rwanda-backed Congolese rebels from the M23 movement have announced the capture of the major city of Goma in the eastern ...
Kenya has announced a virtual crisis summit, but Congolese state media says President Felix Tshisekedi will not attend.
What is the current situation in North and South Kivu with regards to this crisis? Since December 2024, several fronts have been opened in the two provinces to control certain key positions.
In recent weeks, the armed conflict between the M23/AFC and the Congolese army, backed by their allies, has flared up again ...
It continued in Masisi territory, where intense fighting took place in January 2025, particularly for control of the town of Masisi Centre, before moving down towards South Kivu to Minova and ...
The resource-rich eastern provinces of North and South Kivu have been plagued by conflicts for three decades, with the M23 emerging as one of the most powerful armed groups in recent years.
According to Eric Mikalano, a researcher in natural resource governance, most of the Chinese arriving in the high-risk province of South Kivu – one of the areas specifically mentioned by the ...
According to MONUSCO, more than 178,000 people have been displaced in the past two weeks by advancing M23 forces, mostly in the eastern DRC province of South Kivu, which shares a border with North ...
The resource-rich eastern provinces of North and South Kivu have been plagued by conflicts for three decades, with the Rwandan-backed M23 emerging as one of the most powerful armed groups in ...
“Goma is a strategic and highly symbolic city with an international airport, as well as proximity to Rwanda and Lake Kivu, opening the easy path with South Kivu,” he said. But, most ...