Amnesty International says torture, killings and enforced disappearances have taken place in areas under rebel control.

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 ...

These treaties outline guarantees for fundamental rights ... In May 2021 Congo declared a state of siege, akin to martial law, in North Kivu and Ituri provinces. While the ICCPR permits some ...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) Office of the Prosecutor announced Monday that it will reopen criminal investigations into political violence in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic ...

GOMA, Congo — The governor of eastern Congo’s North Kivu province has died from injuries sustained during fighting on the front line, a military spokesman said Friday, as M23 rebels closed in ...

The group rose to prominence in 2012 when its fighters seized Goma, the capital of North Kivu province and eastern Congo’s largest city, on the border with Rwanda. M23 is one of about 100 armed ...

In our previous article, “The 67-year struggle for congolese Tutsi citizenship must end,” we explored how the Kinyarwanda-speaking community’s electoral victories in Eastern DR Congo fueled resentment ...

Hundreds of people rallied in Butembo, a city in Congo's North Kivu province to demand an end to war in their region. The march organized by civil society groups came as Goma, the provincial ...

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo—In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, government forces and allies defending the city of Goma appear to have collapsed, with M23 rebels backed by ...

GOMA, Congo — At least 78 people died when an overcrowded boat capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday, a local governor said. A frantic search and rescue operation was underway hours ...