Villages inhabited by unarmed Banyamulenge civilians are still waking up to attacks, especially bomb explosions, by the Congolese army and its Wazalendo allied militia in South Kivu Province, ...

Termination of the SAMIDRC regional peacekeeping mission in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) earlier this month ...

Rwandan support, combined with weaknesses in DRC’s army, enabled the M23 to seize vast amounts of territory in North Kivu ...

As war ravages the Democratic Republic of the Congo, faith remains an anchor in the storm. Brother Nicaise Mundurame and the ...

There are reports of looting by soldiers in Uvira, where the M23 is now at the gates, as well as in towns previously captured by the pro-Rwandan guerrilla group. (L.M.) (Agenzia Fides, 21/2/2025) ...

Income-generating projects have slowed down in Burundi since the fighting in eastern DRC escalated last February.

Jordan Bita preferred to risk his life swimming across a roaring river than stay at home and be conscripted by rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The US ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo has condemned the M23 rebels ... has temporarily relocated its administration to Uvira, as directed by President Felix Tshisekedi.

Heineken sites in DR Congo have been hit by the recent conflict ... A dept 120km further south in Uvira has also been looted by “military and militia groups”, Heineken added.

Two explosions that rocked a city in eastern DR Congo after a meeting of the Rwanda ... fighters about 75 kilometres (47 miles) north of Uvira, a town on the northwestern tip of Lake Tanganyika ...

More than 10 fighters from the March 23 Movement (M23) have reportedly been killed in a series of airstrikes and bombings ...

Further south, the main border post between DR Congo and Burundi at Gatumba is also busy. It is usually an hour's drive between the nearby Congolese city of Uvira and Burundi's main city of ...