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 ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group’s latest offensive, leading to the capture of Goma in North Kivu and Bukavu in South Kivu provinces in early 2025, resulted in the Congolese army’s retreat.

M23 rebels, in the latest of a string of uprisings backed by Rwanda, seized the city of Goma in January and went on to make gains across North Kivu and South Kivu provinces. The region has a ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels battle pro-government fighters in North Kivu and South Kivu province after regional mediators hold truce talks. Members of the M23 rebel group stand guard as people attend ...

During and following the genocide, nearly two million Hutu refugees crossed the Congolese border, mostly settling in refugee camps in the North Kivu and South Kivu provinces. A small subset of ...

As violence intensifies in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Food Programme (WFP) warned Friday that ...

In January, M23 seized control of Goma, the capital of mineral-rich North Kivu province, before capturing Bukavu, the capital of neighbouring South Kivu, in February. They have since continued to ...

I want to see peace. I want to see happiness. I want to see health. They have incredible land with incredible value. A lot of ...

The IRC works in Kinshasa, North Kivu, South Kivu, Ituri and Tanganyika. Notes to editors: The IRC response has included 10 chlorination points and the implementation of a water trucking system with a ...

Currently, 775 schools are closed across North Kivu, and many have been converted into shelters for displaced families. The eastern provinces of North and South Kivu are home to more than 4.6 million ...

A coalition of Congolese army-backed militias known as the "Wazalendo" have recently committed widespread abuses against ...

The Congolese government has supported the Wazalendo (“patriots” in Swahili) to fight against the abusive M23, although the extent of the army’s ...