Ongoing violence and instability, including fighting by M23 rebels, has forced millions of people to flee their homes.

The conflict in the east of the DRC escalated in late January 2025 when the rebel group took Goma, the capital of North Kivu, and Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu, both bordering Rwanda ...

The Kivu provinces, where the fighting is concentrated, are part of one of the world’s most important biodiversity hotspots, the Albertine Rift.Home to endangered species such as eastern lowland ...

Boma, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The March 23 Movement (M23) has claimed the capture of D’idjwi Island in D’idjwi territory, South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. M23 on Thursday ...

An escalating conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo's South Kivu province has displaced more than 850,000 people, nearly half of whom are children. Families are sheltering in ...

According to Keita, the M23 continued its expansion into North Kivu's Walikale ... The mineral-rich eastern DRC remains a focal point of conflict, with various armed groups vying to control ...

Since the M23 offensive across the region earlier this year, an estimated 1.2 million people have been displaced in North and South Kivu provinces, according to UN estimates. Some 1.8 million people ...

A Trump administration official said Thursday the United States is in talks with conflict-plagued Congo on ... the majority of tin exports from North Kivu province.———Banchereau reported ...