Internally displaced people (IDPs) near eastern city of Goma board pirogues on Lake Kivu after leaving the nearby Bulengo IDP ...

The still waters of Lake Kivu stretch all the way to the horizon, undisturbed by the turbulence raging on its shores. Both ...

Approximately six million people have died in the conflict in the eastern D.R.C. since 1996. For decades, numerous armed ...

Goma, which fell to M23 fighters and the Rwandan military last week, has become a symbol of the conflict that has ripped ...

First, M23 fighters and Rwandan soldiers took Minova, a port on Lake Kivu to the southwest, tightening the noose around Goma, which is home to about a million people and nearly as many displaced ...

Feb 14 (Reuters) - Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu ...

Goma is the capital of North Kivu province, fell into rebel hands last week. The capture of Nyabibwe on Lake Kivu brings the rebels a step closer to the provincial capital Bukavu some 70 kms south ...

the last hurdle before Goma, all these displaced people found themselves trapped. They had already reached the end of the impasse marked by the impassable shores of Lake Kivu. This time ...

Goma is the capital of North Kivu province, fell into rebel hands last week. The capture of Nyabibwe on Lake Kivu brings the rebels a step closer to the provincial capital Bukavu some 70 kms south, a ...

The capture of Nyabibwe on Lake Kivu takes the rebels a step ... is a commercial hub more than halfway between Goma, the capital of North Kivu province that the rebels took last week, and Bukavu.

the lack of drinking water is forcing people in Goma to rely on untreated water from Lake Kivu. And the rainy season makes matters worse. Crime is another complicating factor following the ...