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For months, the capital of Tanganyika, a province bordering South Kivu, feared the arrival of M23 rebels and their Rwandan ...
June 18, 2025A cholera outbreak has infected more than 600 people at an artisanal gold mine in South Kivu province, overwhelming local health services and exposing severe sanitation challenges in the ...
The governor of the South Kivu province said the death toll was provisional and the number of fatalities could rise further. He said there were 278 people on board, according to local authorities.
U.S. funded treatments in the country have helped reduce deaths from HIV/AIDS to around 14,000 a year, from as high as ...
The United Nations’ humanitarian chief called Thursday for more international support for displaced people in Congo's rebel-controlled east during his first visit to the central African country. The ...
People who were displaced by the fighting between M23 rebels and government soldiers prepare to leave their camp following an instruction by M23 rebels in Goma ...
Cash assistance: an indispensable tool for families caught in conflict In Minova, South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mwavita Rohomoya sits with her children in front of ...
Emaciated children fill a 30-bed ward at Kakuma's Amusait Hospital, staring blankly at visitors as they receive treatment for severe acute malnutrition. One baby, Hellen, barely moves. Parts of her ...
Since January, the region has seen a new escalation of violence as the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group launched an offensive in ...
Fierce fighting between the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), ...
I seemed to sense this feeling in the people I met, even though the reality remained the same," reports a missionary from Bukavu (who wishes to remain anonymous for security reasons), the capital of ...
The shortage of food commodities is significantly impacting WFP’s emergency response, particularly in South Kivu where general food distributions were not possible in April.