North Kivu province Stories
Vaccination programmes were partially restored on February 5, after the M23 declared a ceasefire, however, the situation remains "tense and volatile",...
This comes just a day after Kinshasa sent its ambassador to Botswana and SADC to the foreign ministers' preparatory meeting.
UN reports indicate that Goma, the provincial capital, is effectively under siege, with exit routes blocked and its airport shut down indefinitely.
Ruto revealed that he had spoken with both DRC President Félix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame to defuse the situation.
The United Nations said it had started temporarily relocating its non-essential staff from Goma due to the deteriorating security situation.
The renewal means nearly 11,000 peacekeepers will continue their deployment until at least December 2025.
Congo's mpox vaccination campaign is a key step in efforts to contain the outbreak at its epicentre
In eastern Congo, people are trapped between relentless fighting in their villages and overcrowded camps with scarce food and rampant mpox. Survival i...
A potential regional conflict could see Rwanda fighting against a coalition led by South Africa, which includes the DRC, Malawi, and Tanzania.
Given the dire humanitarian conditions of the displaced and local populations, the truce is a most welcome intervention.
This denial came after Kinshasa summoned Uganda's Chargé d'Affaires, Matata Twaha Magara on Friday, July 19, to discuss the issue.
In areas they control in North Kivu, armed actors from all sides are profiting off the production or trade in wooden planks, while illegal and uncontr...
The WHO has registered over 20,000 cases of cholera across the country so far this year and 60,000 cases of measles, with real numbers probably higher...
"The war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is threatening regional peace and stability," warned Kiir in a statement posted on X by the South S...
Speaking for the first time since the trial began, Malanga's son, Marcel Malanga, 22, and Benjamin Zalman-Polun told the court that the coup leader ha...
The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a rebel group, are alleged to have killed more than 40 people in an attack on Mayikengo village this week and over...
The victims were hacked to death with machetes while they were in their homes or the fields, the official said, adding that some were executed while t...
A US federal appeals court recently dismissed a lawsuit targeting Apple, Google, Tesla, and other tech giants
Goma has a resident population of one million, with another million displaced by the war crammed into desperate, temporary camps that have become the...
Three other TPDF soldiers are nursing serious injuries from the attack, according to SADC.
