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 ...

The distance from Kinshasa to Goma in North Kivu is a staggering 2,600 km, like traveling from Lisbon to Copenhagen, with no existing road connecting the two major cities.

By taking control of Rubaya in North Kivu, the M23 now has its hands on one of the richest coltan deposits in the world, whose production is estimated to account for 15% of the world’s supply and half ...

Deep in the green hills of Masisi territory in North Kivu province, the artisanal mining site at Rubaya hums with the sound of generators as piles of white dust dot the landscape. Thousands of ...