CIVICUS speaks with Claude Iguma, a mining governance expert with a PhD in Social Sciences, who is based in Bukavu, South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).On 27 June, the ...

M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo recently allowed the BBC to visit a huge mining site under their control ...

The Imaginary Tree that Hides a Forest Despite being nearly 80 times smaller than the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda is often blamed for the instability and poverty that characterize ...

Uganda has reopened border posts with the Democratic Republic of Congo in areas under the control of the March 23 Movement ...

June 18, 2025A cholera outbreak has infected more than 600 people at an artisanal gold mine in South Kivu province, overwhelming local health services and exposing severe sanitation challenges in the ...

For months, the capital of Tanganyika, a province bordering South Kivu, feared the arrival of M23 rebels and their Rwandan ...

The provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri have seen a recent surge in hostilities, as part of M23 rebels in the Kivus stated aim to take Kinshasa. In Ituri, violence is usually attributed to ...

U.S. funded treatments in the country have helped reduce deaths from HIV/AIDS to around 14,000 a year, from as high as ...

KINSHASA - The peace agreement recently signed between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda "is only a ...

A new agreement between DRC and Rwanda seeks to end violence in eastern DRC, but many local residents remain uncertain about ...