Soon after, M23 took the town of Bukavu, in South Kivu province, and the group has expanded operations in North Kivu. M23 rebels say that they intend to seize power in Kinshasa, 1,600 km (1,000 ...

The most recent round of conflict threatens to undo these hard-won gains. Our analysis highlights a sharp increase in ...

More than 7 million people are displaced, including 3.8 million in North and South Kivu provinces in the east of the country. Nearly 780,000 people were forced to flee their homes between November ...

On one side of the lake, lovers glide on canoes, friends ride jet-skis and families pose for pictures in the hazy sunset. On the other side, less than two miles away, dead bodies washed ashore ...

Eastern Congo has been in conflict for decades with more than 100 armed groups, most of which are vying for territory in the vast and mineral-rich region near the border with Rwanda.

The international community must step up to provide funding for this crisis and all parties to the conflict must cease hostilities to allow for further scale up of assistance." With almost 780,000 ...

The military governor of North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has died from injuries sustained during fighting on the front line, local authorities say, as M23 rebel ...

And at least 10,000 people in Lubero in North Kivu who fled the advance of M23 rebels say they are without aid. The conflict fueled by Congo’s vast mineral wealth is affecting mining output.

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 ...