The crucial ferries were suspended for several days due to fierce fighting between the army and M23 rebels in the region.

A child displaced by the fighting between M23 rebels and government soldiers holds a damaged helmet at the camp in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025.

Dozens of mpox patients being treated in hospital isolation units in Goma have fled for their lives as violence engulfs the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the WHO said Friday.

The Rwandan-backed rebels' entry into Bukavu follows their capture of Goma, defying international calls for a ceasefire.

The M23 armed group is advancing on strategic zones in the eastern DRC after taking two key cities, Goma and Bukavu, according to the United Nations on Wednesday. U.N. Security Council members met on Wednesday in hopes of averting the widening of conflict into a regional war.

A day after M23 fighters entered the outskirts of Bukavu — a city of about 1.3 million people that lies 101 kilometers south of rebel-held Goma — some streets were flooded by residents attempting to leave and looters filling flour sacks with what they could find.

The BBC meets residents of Goma following the rebel takeover and those being forced by the M23 to leave camps.

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, towards the second-biggest city in the area,

Congolese people displaced following recent clashes between the M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), leave the camps and return to their homes after the M23 rebels instructed them to vacate the camps in the outskirts of Goma,

Delcat Idengo's music, termed revolutionary by fans, was critical of both the Congolese government and rebel groups A popular musician in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed while filming a music video in the conflict-hit eastern town of Goma.

A Congolese child, displaced by recent clashes between the M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), prepares to leave the camp after being instructed by the M23 rebels to vacate the camps on the outskirts of Goma,

M23 rebels captured the city of 1.3 million people after it was abandoned by Congolese forces. Bukavu lies 101 kilometers south of Goma, which was captured by the rebels in late January. The M23 is the most prominent of more than 100 armed groups vying for control of eastern Congo's trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that's critical for much of the world's technology.