Congo and the M23 rebel group have agreed to a declaration of principles to end fighting in eastern Congo, a sign of progress ...

Peace remains elusive in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where fighting still rages. A cease-fire deal between the government and M23 rebels has not been fully respected, worsening the ...

GOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, December 7 (UNHCR) - Attention has been focused in recent weeks on the power struggle between government troops and M23 rebel forces in Democratic Republic of ...

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 ...

South Kivu is similarly rich in these resources and boasts fertile land in coffee, tea, quinine, and palm oil. M23 leader Corneille Nangaa has vowed, “We will continue the march of liberation ...

Congolese who speak Kinyarwanda (Rwandophones) represent less than five percent of the population of Congo and live largely in the two eastern provinces of North and South Kivu. Congolese Tutsi ...

It was going from Minova in South Kivu province to Goma, in North Kivu province. Earlier in the day, witnesses said they saw rescue services recover at least 50 bodies from the water.

The region’s demographics are daunting, both for getting control over the outbreak and containing its spread beyond. There are 6 million people living in North Kivu, making it nearly 1.5 times denser ...

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.