CIVICUS speaks with Claude Iguma, a mining governance expert with a PhD in Social Sciences, who is based in Bukavu, South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Armed groups had seized their harvest, forcing them to leave everything behind and lose contact with relatives – whose fate ...

For months, the capital of Tanganyika, a province bordering South Kivu, feared the arrival of M23 rebels and their Rwandan ...

M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo recently allowed the BBC to visit a huge mining site under their control ...

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Uganda has reopened border posts with the Democratic Republic of Congo in areas under the control of the March 23 Movement ...

Six months after closing key border crossings due to rebel advances, Uganda has reopened its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The move comes after the seizure of Goma by the M23 ...

Unlike earlier efforts that focused purely on political dialogue, the US brought in leverage, both carrot and stick.

Kibetsi is one of nearly a million Congolese who have returned to their homes since the M23 rebel group — backed by Rwanda ...