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 ...

This map shows areas where M23 rebels are operating in the DRC. In a separate interview ... The M23 rebels have been moving south towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, in what appears to ...

The majority of the people in eastern DRC are Tutsis who have strong ties with other Tutsi groups across the border. Tutsis have long seen themselves as victims of the haphazard drafting of borders.

An increasingly volatile situation - driven by resurgent incursions by rebel militia groups - is killing and displacing civilians in the eastern ...

The Kivu provinces, where the fighting is concentrated, are part of one of the world’s most important biodiversity hotspots, the Albertine Rift.Home to endangered species such as eastern lowland ...

Ongoing violence and instability, including fighting by M23 rebels, has forced millions of people to flee their homes.

"I work here every day to support my family," said Prospere Mihigo, a young miner, in plain words that somehow mask the grueling reality of life in this turbulent region.Rubaya, one of the world's ...

From January to mid-March of this year, there has been an increase of almost 614 more cholera cases than during the same period in 2024 25.6 million people in DRC are experiencing high levels of acute ...

Kinshasa accuses its neighbour of supporting the M23 rebellion, which has seized large parts of the South and North Kivu provinces ... The presidents of Rwanda and DRC have expressed their ...