There is no humanitarian crisis in Goma, the capital of eastern DR Congo’s North Kivu Province captured by the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) rebellion in January, according to Peter Fahrenholtz, a ...

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has contested claims by the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) rebellion that its forces in DR Congo conducted "a series of joint military operations" in ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — At least 50 people were killed in weekend attacks in Congo’s conflict-battered east, authorities said ...

U.N. peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix, meanwhile, said the M23 and Rwandan forces were about 60 kilometres (37 miles) north of South ... 52 women in South Kivu. Goma’s capture has brought ...

“The latest attacks targeted our positions not only in the Walikale territory in North Kivu, but also those in ... M23 seized provincial capitals of Goma and Bukavu this year.

MONUSCO peacekeepers, who withdrew from South Kivu province in June 2024, are still deployed in North Kivu and Ituri ... for people to feel good," the UN envoy said. In its bases in Goma, MONUSCO ...

Meanwhile, the deployment of a new Force Commander in North Kivu, has boosted coordination with Congolese forces. Still, MONUSCO faces movement restrictions imposed by M23 in and around Goma, ...

The rebels and pro-government milita fighters known as Wazalendo battled on Tuesday in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces, residents said. In North Kivu, a second day of clashes raged near the banks ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels battle pro-government fighters in North Kivu and South Kivu province ... take eastern Congo’s two largest cities – Goma and Bukavu – resulting in thousands of ...

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 ...