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Taking Walikale gives the rebels control of a road linking four provinces in eastern Congo — North Kivu, South Kivu, Tshopo and Maniema — and effectively cutting off Congolese army positions. Dow ...

The M23 rebels took control of the North Kivu mining town a day after Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame called for an ‘immediate and unconditional’ ceasefire. Here is a map and breakdown of the M23’s ...

In the same statement, M23 rebels also appointed John Bosco Nzabonimpa as the Finance Coordinator in charge of mines in South Kivu province. Birahira Ndayambaje has been appointed deputy coordinator ...

In February, it captured Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province. The offensive had already caused the mining group Alphamin earlier this month to evacuate its employees and halt operations at ...

“I have a field, but I cannot cultivate it without tools and without seeds.” The rebels took over Bukavu – South Kivu’s capital and a city of around one million people – three weeks after capturing ...

Then they overran government troops and peacekeepers defending Bukavu, the capital of neighbouring South Kivu. "There's an economic reason why they're in this region. This is a region that is very ...

Alphamin exported 27,000 tons of tin concentrate in 2024 and the unofficial sector 16,000 tons, of which 3,300 tons came from North and South Kivu, according to the Congo ministry of mines.

taking two major cities in North Kivu and South Kivu. A United Nations report has said that Kigali effectively controls the group and has around 4,000 troops in the country. Kigali has denied ...

According to UNICEF, the resurgence of conflict in the province of South Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has forced more than 850,000 people—nearly half of them ...

United Nations peacekeepers leaving Goma and heading towards Bukavu pass through the town of Sake, northwest of Goma, in eastern Congo Friday, May 28, 2021 Trump Expels Hundreds Under Enemies Act ...