U.S. funded treatments in the country have helped reduce deaths from HIV/AIDS to around 14,000 a year, from as high as 200,000.

A United Nations report says Rwanda provided critical support to the M23 rebels who seized key cities earlier this year in ...

Street lights erase the shadows where attackers once hid. Noisy, polluting diesel generators have gone silent. New businesses ...

He has openly expressed support for the M23 rebel group that has made rapid advancements in eastern DRC this year, seizing control of the capital cities of both North and South Kivu provinces.

In November 2021, the rebels seized two settlements in North Kivu, and by March 2022, they controlled much of the Rutshuru region on the border with Uganda and Rwanda.

The rebels battled pro-government fighters known as Wazalendo on Tuesday in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces, a day after 24 members of two regional blocs – the East African Community and the ...

M23 ;fighters took control of South Kivu provincial capital Bukavu just over a week ago, after capturing Goma, the capital of North Kivu and main city in the country's east, late last month.

In late January, the rebels captured Goma, the largest city in the province of North Kivu; less than three weeks later, they also seized Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu, as well as a key airport, ...

Ugandan army confirms it has sent troops to another town in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo to fight local armed groups, amid fears raging conflict could spiral into wider war ...

ACI Africa, Feb 23, 2025 / 10:30 am Locals at a village in the embattled North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are appealing for prayers after approximately 70 bodies were ...

As armed attacks intensify in North Kivu, villagers plead for prayers after discovering dozens of victims inside a Protestant church — another grim chapter in the region’s deepening crisis.

Kinshasa, its capital, is 1,500km from the provinces (South Kivu, North Kivu and Ituri) that border the other Great Lakes countries (Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda).