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Congolese armed forces and armed groups in the South Kivu highlands are interfering with aid delivery and preventing civilians from fleeing fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
News Democratic Republic Congo » South Kivu » Politics: DRC peace talks open as violence shifts to remote highlands
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and M23 rebel delegates were meeting in Geneva on Tuesday to try to end a war that has devastated the east of the country, as fighting shifts into ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » South Kivu » Politics: Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Congo River Alliance/March 23 Movement rebellion has blamed the Congolese army for the attacks carried out on Wednesday on the regional capital of North Kivu. President Emmanuel Macron announced ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » South Kivu » Politics: UN warns tensions between DR Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi remain acute
It said the humanitarian and security situations in the Great Lakes region has worsened to a “worrisome level", despite intensified diplomatic initiatives.
News Democratic Republic Congo » South Kivu » Politics: Conflict in eastern Congo is escalating with use of heavy weapons and drones, UN warns
The United Nations’ acting top envoy for Congo has warned the U.N. Security Council that the conflict in mineral-rich eastern Congo is escalating and expanding.
News Democratic Republic Congo » South Kivu » Politics: Investigating the M23’s Occupation of Uvira in Eastern DR Congo
Lewis Mudge, Human Rights Watch’s Central Africa director, and Clémentine de Montjoye, senior Great Lakes researcher, traveled to Uvira, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, in March 2026. They ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » South Kivu » Politics: ‘I escaped death a lot of times’: one man’s lifelong work protecting gorillas and communities in Congo
As a child, Dominique Bikaba, was displaced by a new national park in the DRC. Now he is helping to secure land for wildlife and Indigenous groups against the backdrop of ongoing fighting ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » South Kivu » Politics: The war in eastern Congo is escalating far from view
Gunmen are everywhere on the main road through Fizi territory in South Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. So are signs of devastation. People fleeing their villages trudge past ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » South Kivu » Politics: In Congo, an unconventional Christian movement has existential lessons for the troubled nation
Simon Kimbangu, founder of one of Africa's largest independent churches, spent 30 years in jail and died a prisoner, banished far from his home by Belgian colonial authorities who judged his ...