The Congolese army says several towns that fell to armed groups in the eastern North Kivu and South Kivu provinces have been recaptured by government forces.

Swelling violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has displaced some 237,000 people since the start of the year, the United Nations said Friday. The agency has said it needs $226 million to provide aid in DR Congo this year.

At least 10 people were killed in eastern Congo by extremist rebels linked to the Islamic State group, a local official said Wednesday.

Since moving to the U.S., Pascal Bashombana has wanted kids in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to have an easier childhood than he had.

Masisi-Centre and Lushebere in northeast Kivu came under rebel control after the Congolese army made a “strategic withdrawal.”

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by the worsening violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has already displaced 237,000 people this year. Escalating clashes between non-state armed groups and the Congolese army in North and South Kivu provinces are intensifying one of the world’s most alarming yet under-reported humanitarian crises,

North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been riven by fighting between the Congolese army and rebels from the M23 movement since early December 2024. People living in this restive province have been forced to flee – or become trapped in the midst of increasingly violent clashes.

GOMA, Congo — Several towns that fell to armed groups in eastern Congo’s North Kivu and South Kivu provinces have been recaptured by government forces, a Congolese army spokesman said ...

The Congolese army says several towns that fell to armed groups in the eastern North Kivu and South Kivu provinces have been recaptured by government forces GOMA, Congo -- Several towns that fell ...

Congo Says Several Towns Recaptured From Rebels but Fighting Intensifies in Its East GOMA, Congo (AP) — Several towns that fell to armed groups in eastern Congo’s North Kivu and South Kivu ...