Rwanda-backed M23 rebels battle pro-government fighters in North Kivu and South Kivu province after regional mediators hold truce talks. Members of the M23 rebel group stand guard as people attend ...

Since the city of Bukavu was seized by the M23, fishing on Lake Kivu has ground to a halt. Fishermen no longer go out at night for fear of being mistaken for thieves and getting lynched.

In October 2023, at least 47 people died after a boat navigating the Congo sank in Equateur. More than 20 people died in ...

In a briefing to the U.N. Security Council on what she called “the alarming situation” in Congo, Bintou Keita pointed to the M23 rebels’ installation of an administration in South Kivu, and “a mining ...

Armed groups affiliated with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have continued to expand their control in North and South Kivu – setting their sights on ...

Taking Walikale gives the rebels control of a road linking four provinces in eastern Congo — North Kivu, South Kivu, Tshopo and Maniema — and effectively cutting off Congolese army positions.