Witness-Patchelly Kambale Musonia was killed near his home in the Nord-Kivu province on Tuesday when his attackers shot him point blank in the chest three times, the group said in a statement. He was ...

The pre-dawn attacks came after rebels loyal to former general Laurent Nkunda claimed on Sunday to have routed government forces in two villages in the volatile Nord-Kivu province. "Government forces ...

At the time, the Kivu Province encompassed North Kivu, South Kivu, and Maniema, with Bukavu as its capital. Originally named Costermansville Province in 1933, it was renamed Kivu Province in 1947.

HRW accused the Congolese military (FARDC) of collaborating with the militias in the South Kivu province and urged Congolese authorities to sever ties with the coalition. HRW said that the ...

The former Governor of eastern DR Congo’s South Kivu Province, Marcelin Cishambo, has joined the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC/M23), according to rebel spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka. ALSO READ: AFC/M23 ...

Banks have since closed, cash points are all but empty and residents of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, are forced to fend for themselves for their everyday purchases. "The priority at ...

Maps and satellite imagery show the large-scale ... A state of emergency was declared in the province of Saskatchewan where over a dozen fires are raging. Earlier this week, 17,000 people were ...

The resumption of fighting in eastern Congo in October 2008 between rebel forces loyal to dissident General Nkunda and units of the Congolese army clearly underlines the fragility of the peace process ...

Judith Verweijen is a researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden, and the Conflict Research Group at Ghent University, Belgium. She specialises in the study of state and non-state armed forces ...

mostly settling in refugee camps in the North Kivu and South Kivu provinces. A small subset of those Rwandans who entered DRC were Hutu extremists who began organizing militias within the Congo.

Budget revised downward, less tax revenue expected IMF has warned of war's strain on public finances Army officers still report shortages of food, ammunition May 27 (Reuters) - Congo is grappling ...

mostly settling in refugee camps in the North Kivu and South Kivu provinces. A small subset of those Rwandans who entered DRC were Hutu extremists who began organizing militias within the Congo.