"Not a night goes by in Bukavu without finding three or four bodies on the street. Bodies also emerge from the lake," report local church sources in Bukavu, the capital of the Congolese province of South Kivu (in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo),

At least 11 people were killed in attacks over the past day in the rebel-held Democratic Republic of Congo city of Bukavu as vigilante violence rises following the army's withdrawal, witnesses and a civil society activist said on Thursday.

KINSHASA | Xinhua | Several explosions killed at least 11 people and injured 65 others on Thursday in Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), shortly after a political rally in support of the rebel March 23 Movement (M23).

At least 11 people died after explosions rocked a rally organised by an alliance involving M23 rebel leaders in Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The rapidly evolving conflict between the armed group M23/Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) and the Congolese army in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has intensified since December 2024, displacing hundreds of thousands of people and resulting in many casualties and violent injuries.

A vendor is pictured at a street market in Bukavu, South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Feb. 24, 2025. (Photo by Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua) Vendors sell vegetables at a street market in Bukavu, South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Feb. 24, 2025. (Photo by Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua)

They have captured Bukavu, which is the capital of South Kivu province. This is a major victory for the Tutsi-led M23 rebel group, who now have total control over the Lake Kivu region, which borders with neighbouring Rwanda. The rebels have already ...

(250225) -- BUKAVU, Feb. 25, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 24, 2025 shows a view of Bukavu, South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). (Photo by Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua)