Kigali, Rwanda, May 27, 2016 – On Monday, May 16, 2016, the African Development Bank (AfDB) participated in the inauguration of the 25 MW first phase of KivuWatt Methane Gas to Power complex located ...

Traders and travellers packed their belongings and paid their fares early on Tuesday for the long boat journey across eastern ...

The North Kivu Region with its capital city and gatway of Goma has many tourist favorite. This region has been turning into a battlefield after new attack by the M23 group. North Kivu is a ...

Goma is the capital of North Kivu province, fell into rebel hands last week. The capture of Nyabibwe on Lake Kivu brings the rebels a step closer to the provincial capital Bukavu some 70 kms south, a ...

The lake was always known for its pristine waters, but in 2013 scientists published research on the lake’s clarity, revealing that, like pure water, it had a visibility of between 70 and 80 ...

Bukavu and Goma, on the southern and northern edges of the sprawling Lake Kivu, both sit on the border with Rwanda, whose exports of minerals smuggled out of Congo have spiked in recent years ...

(Nairobi) – Civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are at increasing risk as the abusive M23 armed group, supported by the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF), approaches Goma, the capital of ...

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 ...

KINSHASA, Jan 24 (Reuters) - The military governor of North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo has died from injuries suffered on the frontline during an offensive by M23 rebels in ...

The M23’s capture of Minova, a town of 65,000, is significant for two reasons. First, Minova’s bay lies on Lake Kivu, one of Goma’s supply routes. Its fall gives the M23 direct access to the lake and ...