The Kinyarwanda-speaking elite, however, supported a unified Kivu Province with Bukavu as its capital. In response, the Banande and Bahunde proceeded to form North Kivu Province without their consent.

In North Kivu, partners report that more than 110,000 people have left displacement sites in Goma and started to move to villages in the Masisi, Rutshuru and Nyiragongo territories.

The Congolese army called on deserters to rejoin their units on Thursday, as rogue soldiers fired guns and looted parts of the eastern town of Lubero after fleeing nearby clashes with advancing ...

Authorities say the governor of eastern Congo’s North Kivu province has died from injuries sustained in fighting on the front line as M23 rebels close in on Goma ...

A new Human Rights Watch report documents laws-of-war violations by parties to the armed conflict in Congo’s North Kivu province, which may amount to war crimes.

Several towns that fell to armed groups in eastern Congo’s North Kivu and South Kivu provinces have been recaptured by government forces, a Congolese army spokesman said, even as the rebels have ...

At least 78 people dead after boat capsizes in eastern Congo, official says The governor of the South Kivu province said the death toll was provisional and the number of fatalities could rise further.

GOMA, Congo (AP) — The governor of eastern Congo’s North Kivu province has died from injuries sustained during fighting on the front line, a military spokesman said Friday, as M23 rebels ...