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The Kivu conflict is an umbrella term for a series of protracted armed conflicts in the North Kivu and South Kivu provinces in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo which have occurred since the end of the Second Congo War.
The campaign was part of the larger M23 offensive in the North and South Kivu provinces of the DRC, which resumed in October 2024 after a pause. During January 2025 the M23 rebels made a rapid advance in the Kivu region, cutting off the road connections to the North Kivu provincial capital Goma by January 23 and arriving at the city on January 25.
The 2008 Nord-Kivu campaign was an armed conflict in the eastern Nord-Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.The upsurge of violence in the Kivu conflict saw heavy battles between the Democratic Republic of Congo's army, supported by the United Nations, and Tutsi militia under General Laurent Nkunda.
Kivu has been repeatedly subjected to major conflicts since the early 20th century. Under Belgian colonial rule , it was the site of several religious revolts such as the 1944 Kivu uprising . [ 2 ] Following independence, it was a battleground of the Simba rebellion , First Congo War , and Second Congo War , and has been the site of an ongoing ...
9 February - 60 ADF fighters attacked the village of Makeke, North Kivu, and killed seven people. 40 of them were later captured by the FARDC. [40] Down in South Kivu the Ngumino raided Musika village in territory. The attackers wounded two men and set fire to four houses. [41]
The M23 rebellion was an armed conflict in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), that occurred between the March 23 Movement and government forces between 4 April 2012 and 7 November 2013. It ended when a peace agreement was made among eleven African nations, and the M23 troops surrendered in Uganda.
On 5 December 2022, during a press briefing, Julien Paluku Kahongya, Minister of Industry and former governor of North Kivu, estimated that the death toll was around 300. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) initially reported at least 50 civilians killed in Kishishe on 1 December, while the Congolese ...
The ADF eventually formed to become the Islamic State – Central Africa Province (ISCAP), and attacked civilians en masse in North Kivu. [1] The Kirindera massacre came as part of a larger campaign by ISCAP in early 2023 to attack civilians in Beni Territory. Days before the massacre, around forty civilians were killed in the Mukondi massacre. [2]