The head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo met with leaders of the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 on Friday in Goma, ...

As diplomatic efforts continue to end fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN development agency (UNDP) issued an appeal on Friday on behalf of people uprooted by the ...

a mining town in North Kivu that harbors one of the world’s largest coltan deposits. This valuable mineral is used in the production of mobile phones. Bintou Keita, who heads the UN mission in ...

The military governor of North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has died from injuries sustained during fighting on the front line, local authorities say, as M23 rebel ...

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that hundreds of thousands of people remain on the move in North Kivu and ... capacities. The UN and its humanitarian partners ...

In February 2025, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution ... humanitarian law committed in the provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Rwanda, which shares a border with Congo, supports the M23, according to the UN and major world governments including the United States. Up to 4,000 Rwandan regulars operate in North Kivu ...

Several towns that fell to armed groups in eastern Congo’s North Kivu and South Kivu provinces ... which the Congolese government and United Nations experts say is being backed by neighboring ...

More than 100,000 people have been displaced since the start of the year in eastern Congo as a result of a new rebel offensive, according to a United Nations ... province of North Kivu, more ...

Congo's North Kivu Governor Dies From Injuries in Rebel ... a government source and an internal UN report seen by Reuters confirmed on Friday. (Reporting by Ange Kasongo; Editing by Bate Felix ...

The UN warned that the raging conflict in North Kivu had displaced more than 400,000 people this year and could spark a regional war. “The number of displacements is now over 400,000 people this ...