A professor of global health was in Kivu when the fighting began to rage. She recounts what she and her colleagues ...

The capture of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, would represent an unprecedented expansion of territory under the ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers ...

Weeks after M23 rebels seized Goma, residents are adjusting to a new reality. While some services continue, public support appears coerced as the rebels push forward ...

Last month, M23 rebels backed by Rwanda took the city of Goma in a bloody battle. This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled.

Movement, backed by Rwanda, now controls Goma and Bukavu—and the entire Kivu Lake region—by force. The rebel group is now learning the complex art of running two of DR Congo’s largest cities.

Goma is a critical trade and humanitarian hub ... who are keen to avoid bloodshed in Bukavu,” the ministry said.A local civil society leader in Kavumu reported seeing soldiers “abandon their ...

Residents and business owners in eastern Congo’s second largest city sat in wait on Saturday morning after a night of loud gunfire marking the ongoing advance of ...

The morning after M23 fighters entered the outskirts of Bukavu — a city of about 1.3 million people that lies 63 miles (101 kilometers) south of rebel-held Goma — some streets were flooded by ...

Bukavu and the strategic town of Kavumu ... humanitarian affairs said on Tuesday that an uneasy calm had returned to Goma with a gradual return to activities. It said thousands of civilians ...

from Bukavu, which is the capital of South Kivu province. Government officials and civil society leaders did not immediately comment.Kavumu airport became a target after the M23 rebels seized Goma an ...