More than 230,000 people have fled surging violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since the start of the year, the United Nations said Friday, labelling it one of the world's "most alarming" humanitarian crises.

Several towns that fell to armed groups in eastern DR Congo’s North Kivu and South Kivu provinces have been recaptured by government forces, an army spokesman said. Eastern Congo has been in conflict for decades with more than 100 armed groups,

This is the second town seized by the M23 group in as many days in the mineral-rich North Kivu province. The group has taken control of vast swathes of eastern DR Congo since 2021

Masisi-Centre and Lushebere in northeast Kivu came under rebel control after the Congolese army made a “strategic withdrawal.”

The newly displaced people add to the 2.8 million already displaced in the province of North Kivu, more than a third ... s largest city on the border with Rwanda. M23 is one of more than 100 ...

Government forces have recaptured several towns from rebels in eastern Congo's North Kivu and South Kivu provinces amidst ongoing conflict. Despite these gains, many areas remain under rebel control,

President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has urged Congolese authorities to negotiate with a violent rebel group that has seized key towns in eastern Congo in recent days, widening its control over the region which borders Rwanda.

( MENAFN - IANS) Kinshasa, Jan 17 (IANS) About 237,000 people have been displaced since the beginning of 2025 in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), one of the world's largest hosts of people uprooted within their own borders, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Friday.

Several towns that fell to armed groups in eastern Congo’s North Kivu and South Kivu provinces ... and mineral-rich region near the border with Rwanda. The conflict has created one of the ...

Masisi, with a population of around 40,000, which lies about 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of the North Kivu provincial capital Goma, is rich in agriculture, livestock, and minerals.

The Congolese army says several towns that fell to armed groups in the eastern North Kivu and South Kivu provinces have been recaptured by government forces.

It is about 80km (50 miles) north of the North Kivu provincial capital Goma ... until early December when fighting resumed. In July, Rwanda did not deny a UN report saying it had about 4,000 ...