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. A small subset of ...

A statement from a military spokesperson for operations in North Kivu province ordered runaway soldiers around Lubero to return to their posts within 12 hours and called on all soldiers to refrain ...

Congo Army Runaways Loot and Sow Panic in North Kivu Town (Reuters) - The Congolese army called on deserters to rejoin their units on Thursday, as rogue soldiers fired guns and looted parts of the ...

M23 fighters and Rwandan soldiers have seized Goma and Bukavu, the capitals of North and South Kivu provinces respectively. In South Kivu, more than 150,000 people have been forced to flee ...

Deaths reported after army clashes with allied militias Deserting soldiers sow panic in North Kivu, army says M23 offensive has sparked fears of wider war Feb 19 (Reuters) - Volleys of gunfire ...

Lake Kivu in eastern DR Congo is bustling again with cargo and passenger boats. The lake was quiet for almost a month after rebels captured the port cities of Goma and Bukavu. What would happen if ...

On one side of the lake, lovers glide on canoes, friends ride jet-skis and families pose for pictures in the hazy sunset. On the other side, less than two miles away, dead bodies washed ashore ...

Bukavu depends in part on agricultural products grown in North Kivu and transported to the city from the port of Goma in the absence of passable roads. Many of Tuesday's passengers were traders ...

Confrontations between Ugandan troops and the ADF have been reported in remote mountainous parts of Ituri and parts of neighboring North Kivu, where the Rwanda-backed M23 rebellion reemerged in 2021.