Masisi Territory is a territory located in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its political headquarters are located in the town of Masisi. Covering an area of 4,734 squa
View of Masisi Territory
Skyview of Masisi Territory landscape
A woman smiles as a MONUSCO ground patrol passes along the Nyanzale–Kitshanga road in Masisi Territory
Group photo of Hunde women
The March 23 Movement, often abbreviated as M23 and also known as the Congolese Revolutionary Army, is a Rwandan-backed Congolese rebel paramilitary group. Based in the eastern regions of the Democrat
Masisi Territory
…dynamics in North Kivu for years such as the Congrès National pour la Défense du Peuple (CNDP), active between 2006 and 2009, and subsequently the March 23 Movement (M23). Tensions between RCD officers and government loyalists had already been escalating in Bukavu in early 2004, and in May of that year, Nkunda…
M23 rebels in Bunagana, located in Rutshuru Territory near the border with Uganda. In 2013, Bunagana served as the headquarters for the M23 group and is situated within a mineral-rich belt that contains significant deposits of coltan, a mineral critical for the production of electronic devices.
Displaced people evacuating their villages as a result of armed conflict between the FARDC and M23, in the Sake area of Masisi Territory, North Kivu
A young displaced boy waiting at a water point in the Kanyaruchinya IDP camp on the outskirts of Goma, where thousands of residents from Rutshuru Territory have gathered after fleeing armed conflict between the FARDC and M23 rebels
M23 troops stationed at the Rutshuru army base