Tag: Kivu
DRC: reflection continues on the future of the state of siege in Ituri and North Kivu
There was no decision announced at the close, Wednesday August 16, of the round table on the evaluation of the state of siege in the provinces of Ituri and North…
DRC: Lamuka coalition calls for the lifting of the state of siege in North Kivu and Ituri
After the ninth Francophonie Games held from July 28 to August 6 in Kinshasa, the Congolese opposition is ending its truce. Dozens of civilians were killed in the two provinces…
ADF rebels continue their attacks in North Kivu and Ituri
In the east of the DRC, while attention is mainly directed towards the M23, other groups also kill, rape and loot. This is the case with ADFs. This group of…
a company of Burundian soldiers expected in North Kivu
A hundred Burundian soldiers are expected this Saturday, March 4 in Goma. They are part of a contingent to be deployed in North Kivu, plagued by armed groups, with a…
beginning of the degassing process of Lake Kivu
In the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the authorities and the French entrepreneur Michel Halbwachs have finally launched degassing works in the Gulf of Kabuno, located in…
fighting spreads to North Kivu as diplomacy heats up in Kinshasa
The fighting continued this Saturday, November 12, 2022 in North Kivu. New violent clashes have pitted the Congolese army against M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. And the…
doctors in North Kivu denounce the violence to which they are subjected
A hundred doctors demonstrated on Monday, October 24 in Beni, North Kivu, after the death of one of their colleagues, Doctor Sylvie Kavuke. The National Union of Doctors denounces violence…
at least 21 dead in two days in the mining area of Bigaragara, South Kivu
A conflict of rivalry for the occupation of the mining quarry of Bigaragara would be at the origin of this tragedy, and an armed Banyamulenge self-defense group is singled out,…
In the DRC, hundreds of escapees after the attack on a prison in North Kivu
In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Kakwangura prison in Butembo (North Kivu) was attacked last night by heavily armed militiamen and rebels. At least 700 detainees, including death row…
violent clashes between the Congolese army and the M23 in North Kivu
Heavy fighting broke out on Sunday (June 12th) in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo following a new attack by M23 rebels, according to the Congolese army. When the Belgian royal…