Despite best efforts, armed groups have made major recent gains, chiefly the March 23 Movement which defends the interests of Congolese Tutsi – many exiled from Rwanda – and benefits from the support ...

Rwandan support, combined with weaknesses in DRC's army, enabled the M23 to seize vast amounts of territory in North Kivu ...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / March 21, 2025 / Action Against Hunger: Published by Action Against Hunger. Fighting between the M23 armed group and the Congolese armed forces and their respective ...

The situation represents one of the world’s worst food crises, according to the UN-partnered Integrated Food Security Phase ...

In Goma, families deprived of their homes and livelihoods often wander in search of refuge, not knowing what tomorrow will ...

By taking control of Walikale, the M23 rebels seized a road linking four provinces in the east of the country: North Kivu, ...

On Jan. 27, 2025, Goma, the capital of North Kivu in the eastern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, fell into the hands of M23 rebels who are supported by the Rwandan army.

In January, M23 seized control of Goma, the capital of mineral-rich North Kivu province, before capturing Bukavu, the capital of neighbouring South Kivu, in February. They have since continued to ...

Rwandan-backed rebels now control large parts of eastern Congo and threaten to expand their offensive west into two ...

United Nations peacekeepers leaving Goma and heading towards Bukavu pass through the town of Sake, northwest of Goma, in eastern Congo Friday, May 28, 2021 Weather: Thundershowers expected from Monday ...

These include tens of thousands of people uprooted by M23 rebels from camps in North Kivu - and in particular six sites around Goma - and the territories of Kalehe and Uvira in South Kivu in ...