Six months after closing key border crossings due to rebel advances, Uganda has reopened its border with the Democratic ...

The Rwanda -backed M23 armed group's latest offensive, leading to the capture of Goma in North Kivu and Bukavu in South Kivu provinces in early 2025, resulted in the Congolese army's retreat.

The M23 rebel group on Friday said Maj. Gen. Peter Chirimwami, governor of the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern North Kivu province, was killed on the battlefield. “The FDLR (Democratic ...

First, ethnic intolerance and insurgency. Following the Rwandan genocide, around two million Hutu refugees crossed Rwanda into North Kivu and South Kivu provinces of DRC.

Both groups draw on a claim that the Congolese Tutsi and other ethnic communities in north and south Kivu are discriminated against.

According to the Congo Research Group, a study project at New York University, 134 armed groups are active in North and South Kivu, the region’s two provinces.

Features North Kivu: Civilians bear the brunt of fresh fighting Civilians have been forced to flee their homes, adding to the tens of thousands already living in IDP camps.

Congolese soldiers drag away a protester critical of the government's alleged inaction to address rising inter-ethnic tensions in the town of Butembo, in North Kivu province, DRC, Aug. 24, 2016.

The U.N. said at least 21 people were killed in ethnic violence at the weekend in DRC's troubled North Kivu province. Ed Cropley/Reuters ...

Fighters from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) attacked the ethnic Nande civilians in the town of Lubero in North Kivu province at around 2 a.m. (0000 GMT), said Mak ...

The failure to integrate the former belligerent groups into one unified national army was a major cause of the conflict; another was heightened ethnic tensions in North Kivu.

The Hutu of North Kivu split into two groups over the decision of the transitional government to deploy troops in RCD-Goma territory.