GOMA, Congo (AP) — Several towns that fell to armed groups in eastern Congo’s North Kivu and South Kivu provinces have been recaptured by government forces, a Congolese army spokesman said, even as the rebels have made advances in other areas amid intensified fighting in the conflict-battered region.. Eastern Congo has been in conflict for decades with more than 100 armed groups, most of ...

Jan 24, 2025 · 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 ...

Jan 24, 2025 · Authorities say the governor of eastern Congo’s North Kivu province has died from injuries sustained in fighting on the front line as M23 rebels close in on Goma. ... FARDC Major General Peter Cirimwami, governor of the province of Nord-Kivu, photographed at a news conference in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo in May 2024, has died ...

Jan 27, 2025 · Gunshots rang out across Goma overnight before dozens of rebels in military uniform early Monday morning marched into the capital of North Kivu province, which sits on the border with Rwanda. The Congolese government has not confirmed the fall of Goma, 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) east of capital Kinshasa, after severing ties with Rwanda on ...

Jan 25, 2025 · The UN mission in DR Congo, MONUSCO, is relocating administrative staff and others in North Kivu that can continue performing their duties from elsewhere in response to the deteriorating security situation and intensifying hostilities involving the non-State armed group M23, a Rwandan-backed movement fighting against the Congolese Government. “This precautionary measure safeguards staff ...

Feb 8, 2024 · Thousands of people are seeking shelter inside an “overwhelmed” hospital amid an escalation of fighting in North Kivu province in the eastern DRC, Doctors Without Borders warned on Thursday.

Jun 8, 2024 · BBC News At least 45 civilians have been killed in a spate of attacks over the past week across the Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled North Kivu province.

5 days ago · News and Press Release in English on Democratic Republic of the Congo about Protection and Human Rights, Safety and Security and more; published on 29 Jan 2025 by Forum ONGI RDC

Sep 26, 2024 · In 2023 the Congolese government formally requested the Office of the Prosecutor to investigate serious crimes allegedly committed in North Kivu since January 1, 2022. The prosecutor is assessing ...

Mar 26, 2024 · UNHCR, the UNHCR Refugee Agency, is raising the alarm as ongoing violence in eastern areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reaches a devastating level. Two years of cyclical conflict in the North Kivu territories of Rutshuru and Masisi have forced over 1.3 million people to flee their homes within the DRC, leading to a total of 5.7 million people becoming internally displaced ...