4 days ago · DRC cuts diplomatic ties with Rwanda over violence, UN calls emergency meet. The Congolese army and peacekeepers are trying to stop an M23 advance on Goma, the capital of North Kivu province.

2 days ago · Over 400,000 people have fled their homes since the start of this year, according to the U.N. refugee agency, as M23 rebels have attacked new areas of North Kivu province, where Goma is, and South ...

3 days ago · It expresses its deep concern at the dangerous escalation of the conflict in North Kivu around Goma. It strongly condemns the ongoing offensive led by the M23, actively supported by Rwanda. The presence in the DRC of a foreign military force against the will of the Congolese state is a clear violation of the UN Charter.

3 days ago · Rwanda has also deployed high-tech military equipment such as mobile air-defense units to North Kivu to support the M23. The UN had long resisted publicly acknowledging Rwanda's direct involvement ...

North Kivu (Jimbo la Kivu Kaskazini in Swahili) is a province bordering Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2] The capital city is Goma.

Jan 5, 2025 · Rebel forces backed by Rwanda have captured the town of Masisi in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to various reports. This is the second town seized by the M23 group in as...

Sep 26, 2024 · A new Human Rights Watch report documents laws-of-war violations by parties to the armed conflict in Congo’s North Kivu province, which may amount to war crimes. Over 100 armed groups are...

The Kivu conflict is an umbrella term for a series of protracted armed conflicts in the North Kivu and South Kivu provinces in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo which have occurred since the end of the Second Congo War.

Dec 20, 2024 · Several territories in the region, particularly in the North Kivu province, are already under the control of the rebels. Planned face-to-face peace talks between the leaders of Congo and Rwanda in Angola were canceled on Sunday with the Congolese presidency saying the Rwandan delegation refused to take part in the meeting while Rwanda’s ...

Jan 5, 2025 · M23, which emerged more than a decade ago and has been launching deadly attacks for years, is primarily based in North Kivu province, which is rich in resources.