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M23 rebels and Rwandan troops seize control of Kavumu Airport in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2025-02-14

Rwandan-backed M23 rebel forces initiate advances towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), following a two-day unilateral ceasefire.
2025-02-11

M23 rebels capture Nyabibwe, a town along the road to the South Kivu capital city of Bukavu. The Democratic Republic of the Congo government claims that the unilateral ceasefire declared by M23 earlier was false.
2025-02-5

M23 rebels solidify control of Goma, North Kivu Province, and are confirmed to be holding captured Congolese troops and allied Wazalendo militants at the Stade de l'Unité. They also begin advancing on Bukavu, capital of the South Kivu Province, according to senior Congolese officials and a Rwandan diplomat.
2025-01-29

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

Eight people are killed and nine others are injured by a landslide in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2022-12-31

A cave-in at a gold mine near Kamituga in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, kills at least 50 miners.
2020-09-11

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

More than 230 people are killed and 200 injured after a fuel tanker overturns and explodes in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2010-07-3