In a briefing to the U.N. Security Council on what she called “the alarming situation” in Congo, Bintou Keita pointed to the M23 rebels’ installation of an administration in South Kivu ...

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The first clashes between armed Banyamulenge and Bafuliiru took place in September 2008 in Minembwe in South Kivu, according to the 2011 NGO report. Politicians prey on these ethnic divisions, ...

Holding Walikale gives the rebels control of a road linking four provinces in eastern Congo — North Kivu, South Kivu ... It is mainly made up of ethnic Tutsis who failed to integrate into ...

South Kivu, Tshopo and Maniema — effectively cutting off Congolese army positions. The M23 is the most potent of about 100 armed factions vying for control in eastern Congo. It is mainly made up of ...

Ongoing violence and instability, including fighting by M23 rebels, has forced millions of people to flee their homes.

the capital of neighbouring South Kivu, in February. They have since continued to advance west. The M23 rebel group was formed in 2012 by former Congolese soldiers, mainly from the Tutsi ethnic ...