Kinshasa (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is deeply concerned about the overall decline in the health-care system in North and South Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of ...

Bertrand Bisimwa, the AFC/M23 rebellion's deputy coordinator, has applauded President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, "for his ...

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

During and following the genocide, nearly two million Hutu refugees crossed the Congolese border, mostly settling in refugee camps in the North Kivu and South Kivu provinces.

The decades-long conflict in eastern Congo escalated in January, when the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advanced and seized the strategic city of Goma in North Kivu province, followed by Bukavu in ...

Zawadi Sifa who has been fleeing fighting from camp to camp, shares food with her seven children in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2025.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Frederick de Wit's decorative map, ...

Doctors Without Borders (MSF), an emergency medical organization, says sexual violence cases have exploded, especially in North Kivu, since fighting between the Congolese army and the M23 began.

In a rapid advance, the M23 captured a number of key cities and towns. The group's first major coup was at the end of January with the taking of Goma – a city in North Kivu province that is home ...

Supported by MONUSCO, the initiative brought attention to the hardships faced by children in conflict-affected North Kivu and reaffirmed the commitment of stakeholders to their protection.