The Latest Breaking News from North Kivu

Congo's M23 rebels capture North Kivu town, UN peacekeepers wounded

Fighters from the M23 rebel group seized the town of Kiwanja in eastern Congo on Saturday, residents and a local official said, effectively cutting North Kivu's capital Goma off from the upper half of the province.

Reuters · Oct 29, 2022

M23 rebels clash with army in renewed east Congo fighting

Fighters from Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebel group launched an offensive in eastern North Kivu province last week, spurring fresh fighting with the army in which four civilians were killed, the army said late on Sunday.

Reuters · Oct 24, 2022

Congo declares end of latest Ebola outbreak in east

Democratic Republic of Congo has declared the end of its latest Ebola virus outbreak in the eastern province of North Kivu, Health Minister Jean-Jacques Mbungani Mbanda said in a statement on Tuesday.

Reuters · Sep 27, 2022

Anti-Rwanda protest in DR Congo over alleged rebel ‘backing’

Relations have been strained since the mass arrival of Rwandan Hutus in eastern DRC after the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Al Jazeera · May 31, 2022

What M23's on-and-off insurgency tells us about DRC's precarious search for peace

Since March 2022, fighting has escalated in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between the army and the rebel group March 23 Movement, more widely known as M23. The group allegedly attacked army positions near the border with Uganda and Rwanda. In addition, a UN helicopter crashed in the…

The Conversation · May 22, 2022

Eight killed as UN helicopter crashes in eastern DRC

Six Pakistanis, Russian and Serbian peacekeepers die as chopper crashes during reconnaissance mission in North Kivu.

Al Jazeera · Mar 30, 2022

Lessons from the DRC’s 10th Ebola epidemic: the people may know best

The tenth Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was declared in North Kivu on 1 August 2018. The international response to the epidemic was significant. More than half a billion dollars of international aid flowed into the country. A newly approved, highly protective vaccine was used,…

The Conversation · Feb 13, 2022

‘Anything to stop the massacres’: peace still eludes DRC as armed groups proliferate

After years of conflict between the DR Congo’s ineffective army, rebel forces and local militias, can Uganda’s entry into the war bring peace?

The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2022

Islamic State claims responsibility for eastern Congo jail break

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for freeing about 20 prisoners during an attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province this week, according to a statement published on Friday by the SITE Intelligence Group.

Reuters · Feb 4, 2022

Islamist militia frees about 20 prisoners in eastern Congo

Members of an Islamist militia freed about 20 prisoners during an attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, a local chief and the head of a local humanitarian group said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Feb 3, 2022