North Kivu is a province bordering Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital city is Goma.

Rwanda-backed Congolese rebels from the M23 movement have announced the capture of the major city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Reports indicate casualties among international peacekeepers,

The military governor of Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province has died from gunshot wounds suffered on the front line during an offensive by M23 rebels, the army said on Friday.

The M23 rebels’ political spokesperson had in the wee hours of Friday morning released a statement claiming that Cirimwami has been shot dead by M23 fighters while in Kasengezi as he visited the front line to take pictures to portray how government army had stopped M23 fighters from conquering Sake town.

In recent weeks, the armed conflict between the M23/AFC and the Congolese army, backed by their allies, has flared up again in the province of North Kivu and spread to the neighbouring province of South Kivu.

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have broken off diplomatic ties after an escalation in fighting in eastern Congo near the border with its neighbour.

In the first half of 2024 alone, more than 150 attacks with explosive weapons were carried out, resulting in the death of at least 100 civilians and the injury of some 200 others. We call on both parties to immediately cease attacks on civilians and to stop using explosive weapons with a wide impact area in populated areas,

A military offensive has driven ADF fighters into the shadows, restoring calm to parts of the east. But fear lingers, and the cost of fragile stability remains high.

Several hundred people were killed in the North Kivu and Ituri provinces in 2024 ... But distrust between the DRC and Uganda lingers despite their joining forces against the ADF and the good ...

The eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo is prey to various and varied conflicts, particularly the M23 war with identity crisis implications in North Kivu; the catastrophic campaign to uproot the Tutsi Banyamulenge in South Kivu;

In 2018, Corneille Nangaa orchestrated the heavily criticised vote that handed President Felix Tshisekedi power. Today, he is the public face of a sprawling coalition of Congolese politicians and rebel groups fighting to oust him.

The United Nations, African Union and East African Community condemned the capture of the city, putting Rwanda in the spotlight.