Families displaced by violence in eastern DRC are rebuilding their lives with support from UNICEF through a cash transfer ...

Around January 20, the M23 went on to capture Minova and Bweramana in South Kivu and North Kivu provinces, respectively, and a string of other South Kivu locations, including Lumbishi, Numbi and ...

'Our Minova is back' To the residents of Minova, who have since returned to their homes and are back tilling their farms, they are hoping the peace they are enjoying now is not for the short term.

In North Kivu, authorities report that cholera cases have increased by almost 40% since last week From January to mid-March of this year, there has been an increase of almost 614 more cholera cases ...

Sister Eugénie, head of the general referral hospital in Minova, DRC, February 14, 2025. Sister Eugénie said she never abandoned the hospital, even during the offensive to take the town on ...

Multiple security sources confirm that clashes have occurred in recent days near Nyabibwe, approximately 80km from Bukavu, the main city in South Kivu. The fighting has been concentrated in two key ...

In areas under M23 control in South Kivu, including the key trading town of Minova, the rebels have occupied schools and hospitals, expelled displaced persons from camps, and forced the local ...

"We know that M23 has been using the local population to transport their ammunition, like in [recently captured] Minova, and this is not the first time," one aid worker told us on condition of ...

M23 objective: Control of raw materials The M23's offensives seem to follow a clear logic: They want to gain control over the region's natural resources, such as gold, cassiterite, coltan, cobalt ...

Two people in Minova told Human Rights Watch that since the M23 occupied the town, which is also on the lake, travel by boat to Goma had been effectively banned.

The army on Tuesday acknowledged the M23’s capture of Minova in South-Kivu province. Masisi, in North Kivu province also fell earlier this month.

As a result of the ongoing fighting, over 7 million people have been displaced. Earlier this month, the M23 rebels seized the towns of Minova, Katale and Masisi, west of Goma.