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FAST FACTS
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On January 27, 2025, M23 rebels captured the North Kivu capital city of Goma. M23 continued its offensive south, gaining control of additional cities, including the South Kivu capital, Bukavu, in February.
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More than 1 million IDPs were already located in Goma and Minova. M23’s offenses have left them with nowhere to go. Since January, more than 100,000 have reportedly fled the country into neighboring Burundi and Rwanda.
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North Kivu has been plagued by conflict since the 1990s, with the first and second Congolese civil wars followed by decades of instability and violence. The WFP estimates that the conflict has displaced more than 7.8 million.
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Experts fear regional destabilization due to the conflict, with DRC, Rwanda, Uganda, and Burundi being implicated and affected.
OUR RESPONSE
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International Medical Corps has been responding in the DRC since 1999, with a base in Goma.
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We continue to deploy MMUs each week in Minova and Goma to provide immediate, lifesaving care to IDPs, returnees and other people affected by the conflicts.
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We have also provided safe spaces with psychosocial support for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence, as well as case management and mental health services.
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We are supporting local health facilities by covering costs of care for referred patients.