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A local official in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, reports that an overloaded wooden boat, on board 50 people, has capsized on Lake Kivu on Sunday. Three people died, while search is ongoing for about 37 others.
2024-01-28

At least 20 people are killed by landslides caused by torrential rains in Mwenga, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2023-12-29

The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously to start the withdrawal of the United Nations peacekeeping force from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The withdrawal will start in South Kivu in eastern Congo, gradually handing over its responsibilities to the Congolese government.
2023-12-19

The death toll from the 6 May floods in the villages of Bushushu and Nyamukubi in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, increases to 401 people.
2023-05-7

The Congolese Army launches an offensive against FDLR rebels in South Kivu.
2015-02-24

The death toll of a capsized ferry MV Mutambala on December 12 in Lake Tanganyika, Democratic Republic of the Congo rises to 129 with authorities continuing to search for bodies or survivors.
2014-12-14

The ferry MV Mutambala capsizes on Lake Tanganyika, Democratic Republic of the Congo leaving at least 26 dead.
2014-12-12

At least 37 people are killed in an attack in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's South Kivu province.
2014-06-7

Médecins Sans Frontières accuses the Democratic Republic of the Congo of not doing enough to prevent war rape after 33 women are raped in Fizi, South Kivu, on New Year's Day.
2011-01-6

Thousands protest the murder of three civilians after soldiers loot homes in the Congo's South Kivu province.
2010-10-18