"Not a night goes by in Bukavu without finding three or four bodies on the street. Bodies also emerge from the lake," report local church sources in Bukavu, the capital of the Congolese province of South Kivu (in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo),

Twelve victims of a deadly blast at a rally last week in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo were laid to rest on Tuesday in a ceremony organized by newly appointed rebel authorities.

A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider regional war.

A deadly explosion at a rally in Bukavu, eastern DRC, led to the deaths of 12 people. The blast, blamed on both the Congolese government and M23 rebels, occurred during heightened tensions due to control struggles.

The M23 said their raid was aimed at securing the medical infrastructure, which had been infiltrated by fighters.

A vendor is pictured at a street market in Bukavu, South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Feb. 24, 2025. (Photo by Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua) Vendors sell vegetables at a street market in Bukavu, South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Feb. 24, 2025. (Photo by Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua)

Bukavu rises from chaos, but scars remain. Looters and rebels left devastation, yet merchants return, clinging to hope. As M23 advances, fear grips the region—will peace hold, or is worse to come?

Gunfire disrupted a rally by M23 leader Corneille Nangaa in Bukavu, escalating fears of regional conflict between the Democratic Republic of Congo and its neighbors. M23 claims territorial control and is attempting to establish order,

Several explosions were reported on Thursday at Independence Square in Bukavu town in the eastern Democratic Republic of the

As the conflict continues to ravage the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, bishops are warning about the real possibility of the violence spreading throughout the entire Great Lakes region of Africa.

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

Muslims in a city recently captured by Rwanda-backed fighters in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo face a more