M23 Offensive In South Kivu Claims Over 400 Civilian Lives
December 11, 2025
11:03 am
More than four hundred civilians have been killed in South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo after the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group pushed deeper into the province this week, regional authorities said. The surge in fighting has also uprooted around two hundred thousand people and placed a new peace deal under heavy strain.
The escalation follows the group’s capture of Uvira, a strategic port town on Lake Tanganyika, on Thursday. Residents told Reuters that M23 fighters entered the city after a rapid advance that began earlier in the month. The town had served as the seat of …
