Kivu Press Agency

As we already reported last week the city of Goma is now ‘de facto’ surrounded by the M23. The rebels pushed back the FARDC towards Sake and Munigi-Kibati. The road towards Bukavu and Minova is left open. General Makenga could easily walk into Goma with his men but that is

Le M23 encercle désormais de facto Goma et n'autorise l'accès à la ville que par voie aérienne, par bateau et par la route de sortie vers Bukavu et Minova. La coalition FARDC-FDLR a retiré son artillerie lourde à Munigi, juste à l'extérieur de la

The M23 is now de facto surrounding Goma and is only allowing access to the city by air, boat and via the exit road to Bukavu and Minova.  The FARDC-FDLR coalition has withdrawn its heavy artillery pieces to Munigi, just outside the city.  However, mobile M23 units are also present

Les événements dans la région de Kivu sont passés d'une rivière à fort courant à un rapide avec des cascades profondes et des courants dangereux. Personne n'avait pensé que la performance de Kinshasa sur le champ de bataille serait si prévisible et si faible, surtout après

The events in the Kivu’s passed from a fast-flowing river into a rapid with deep waterfalls and dangerous currents. And it might flood a whole region and cause a lot of damage. Nobody had thought that Kinshasa’s performance on the battle field would have been so predictable and

Les combats entre le M23 et la coalition FARDC-Wazalendo-FDLR-Nyatura et mercenaires ont été intenses ces dernières semaines : le M23 a dû abandonner ses positions près de Kitchanga et Kilolirwe, mais ces derniers les ont arrêtés à Tongo et à Bwiza, où la coalition est tombée dans plusieurs embuscades soigneusement mises

The fighting between the M23 and the FARDC-Wazalendo-FDLR-Nyatura and mercenary coalition has been intense during the past weeks: the M23 had to give up its positions near Kitchanga and Kilolirwe but the latter stopped them in Tongo and in Bwiza where the coalition ran into several neatly set up kill

Yesterday, we published our first findings about our recent visit to the M23 zone in North-Kivu. We handed our microphones to the villagers, refugees, and M23 grunts to check what they think about the ongoing deadlock and the standoff between the M23 and the FARDC-FDLR coalition. Today we’ll focus

Nous revenons tout juste d'un voyage à travers la zone contrôlée par le M23 dans le Nord-Kivu. C`était pour tendre nos micros aux hauts responsables du M23 et faire notre constat sur la situation sociale et militaire. C'est notre troisième visite dans la région. Il

We just returned from a trip through the M23 controlled zone in North-Kivu. The idea was to pass the microphone to the top brass of the M23 leadership and to check the social and military situation on the spot. This was already our third visit to the area. Six weeks