The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels control several areas in eastern Congo, including Luhihi and the provincial capital of South Kivu, Bukavu. The decades-long conflict in the region escalated in January ...

HRW accused the Congolese military (FARDC) of collaborating with the militias in the South Kivu province and urged Congolese authorities to sever ties with the coalition. HRW said that the ...

The former Governor of eastern DR Congo’s South Kivu Province, Marcelin Cishambo, has joined the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC/M23), according to rebel spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka. ALSO READ: AFC ...

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.