On one side of the lake, lovers glide on canoes, friends ride jet-skis and families pose for pictures in the hazy sunset. On the other side, less than two miles away, dead bodies washed ashore ...

Rebel coalition, Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), which includes the M23 armed group, said in a statement Saturday it had taken control of the Kavumu airport in South Kivu and forced government forces ...

The Kivu provinces, where the fighting is concentrated ... east of the Nyiragongo volcano and bordering Goma — experienced an estimated 1,222 hectares (3,019 acres) of tree cover loss in ...

A gorilla has died after not waking up from general anaesthesia at Paignton Zoo. Kivu, a 22-year-old western lowland gorilla, died on Thursday following a health check. The zoo said Kivu's keepers ...

The M23 rebels captured the city of Goma around two weeks ago The Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have attacked Congolese government forces in the South Kivu province, breaking a two-day lull in fighting.

Lake Kivu in eastern DR Congo is bustling again with cargo and passenger boats. The lake was quiet for almost a month after rebels captured the port cities of Goma and Bukavu. What would happen if ...

DR Congo: M23 rebels have taken control of the strategic Kavumu airport that serves Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, the rebel group and a civil security source said Friday. The rebels ...