New refugee wave as M23 rebels seize 2 towns in North Kivu
4 days ago · In the North Kivu conflict, the DRC accuses Rwanda of supporting the M23 rebels. The government has vowed to crash the rebellion, even in the face of the recent setbacks. ... News 9 min ago Billy Mwangi, Peter Muteti, Ronny Kiplangat and Bernard Kavuli freed At least four of the 29 Kenyans reported missing have been found alive.
M23 seize key DR Congo town of Masisi - BBC
This is the second town seized by the M23 group in as many days in the mineral-rich North Kivu province. The group has taken control of vast swathes of eastern DR Congo since 2021, forcing ...
23 Congolese soldiers face the death penalty or prison for alleged ...
Dec 30, 2024 · KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — At least 23 Congolese soldiers are facing the death penalty or 10 to 20 years in prison following their arraignment on Monday for alleged rape, desertion and other crimes amid the fighting in the country’s conflict-battered east, according to Congo’s army.. The soldiers were brought before a military court in Butembo territory in North Kivu province, according to ...
Congo replaces top military chief and other ... - Associated Press News
Dec 20, 2024 · GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi has replaced the armed forces chief and several other top officers in a major reshuffle while the military battles rebels in the country’s eastern region, state media announced late Thursday.
Q&A: Democratic Republic of Congo Conflict in North Kivu Province
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...
Thousands sheltering in hospital as fighting escalates in ... - CNN
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 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Doctors Without...
At least 10 people killed as rebels seize a town in Congo’s conflict ...
Mar 7, 2024 · GOMA, Congo (AP) — A rebel group with alleged links to neighboring Rwanda seized a town in Congo’s conflict-hit eastern region following attacks that killed at least 10 people and displaced thousands, reports said Wednesday.
Massive displacement as fighting surges in eastern DR Congo - UN News
Feb 14, 2024 · Fresh fighting since last week in the region has displaced an estimated 135,000 people from the town of Sake – on the northern banks of Lake Kivu – who are moving towards the provincial capital,...
Attacks by armed groups displace more than 100,000 in DR Congo - UN News
Mar 15, 2023 · More than 100,000 people have been displaced, and dozens killed, following a string of armed group attacks in North Kivu province in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the...
Escalating violence in eastern DRC triggers more than 100,000
20 hours ago · At the end of December 2024, more than 2.7 million people were displaced in North Kivu province. Between September and December 2024, the UN partners reported at least 138 people killed and more than a hundred others kidnapped.