Bukavu

A mass rally led by rebel leader Corneille Nangaa erupted into chaos on Thursday as gunfire and explosions sent crowds scrambling in terror in the eastern Congolese city of Bukavu. Eyewitnesses reported multiple casualties, with people seen…

Bernard Maheshe Byamungu, one of the M23 leaders who has been sanctioned by the U.N. Security Council for rights abuses, stood in front of the South Kivu governor’s office in Bukavu and told residents they have been living in a “jungle”.…

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have entered Bukavu, the second-largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), marking a significant escalation in the ongoing conflict, a rebel leader confirmed on Friday. The advance follows the…

At least four people were killed and another was injured when a school under construction (the Omega La Merveille) collapsed in Bukavu, a big city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's east, according to witnesses and local officials.…

The United Nations has accused Democratic Republic of Congo’s army of beating to death a human rights activist protesting illegal taxes in the war-torn east of the country. Cabral Yombo, the leader of a civil society group in…