The new Kivu Security Tracker will map violence by armed groups and Congolese security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern Kivu provinces, Human Rights Watch and the New York ...

Graphic design by Andrés A. for Mongabay. Map by Joel Masselink. The conflict has driven up the demand for charcoal (locally known as makala in Swahili) in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province.

But at the end of January Goma, capital of North Kivu province, was seized by the M23 as part of a lightning offensive which has seen the group occupy swathes of territory in the eastern DRC.

01/27/2025 The conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo has intensified as the Congolese army and UN peacekeepers try to contain an M23 advance on Goma, North Kivu's capital. The fighting has ...