Kivu conflict

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 began after Second Congo War ended. Including neighboring Ituri province, there are more than 120 different armed groups active in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Quotes

• The renewed fighting in North Kivu raises grave concerns about the danger to civilians in the area.

• The M23 armed group was responsible for countless atrocities in the past and the renewed fighting in North Kivu raises grave concerns about the danger to civilians in the area.

• The human rights situation in Eastern Congo is disastrous. And civilians are bearing the brunt of the fighting.

• The Rwandan-backed M23 is running so-called training camps in eastern Congo, where recruits have suffered abuse and torture, at times with deadly consequences.