M23 rebels are closing in on South Kivu province, promising to continue their lightning offensive until they take the national capital.

The M23 rebel group's advance in eastern DR Congo has displaced millions as the army loses control.

President Felix Tshisekedi of Congo has announced plans to gradually ease the state of military rule in the conflict-plagued eastern provinces of North Kivu and Ituri.

Eastern Congo has been in conflict for decades with more than 100 armed groups, most of which are vying for territory in the vast and mineral-rich region near the border with Rwanda.

The province of North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is currently at the center of a worrying humanitarian tragedy. Since the end of 2024, an upsurge in violence has pushed the total ...

In a rapid advance, the M23 captured a number of key cities and towns. The group's first major coup was at the end of January with the taking of Goma – a city in North Kivu province that is home ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest ...

Much of the conflict is centred in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces, which lie on the DRC’s eastern border.

Marcus Bachmann, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) head of programmes for South Kivu province, explains the situation in this part of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the conflict evolves ...

The Congolese army says several towns that fell to armed groups in the eastern North Kivu and South Kivu provinces have been recaptured by government forces ...

Goma, Congo — Several towns that fell to armed groups in eastern Congo’s North Kivu and South Kivu provinces have been recaptured by government forces, a Congolese army spokesman said, even as ...