The assassination of Major General Peter Cirimwami marks a critical escalation in the conflict in DRC, amid a geopolitical scramble for the country's vast mineral wealth.

Authorities say the governor of eastern Congo’s North Kivu province has died from injuries sustained in fighting on the front ...

Major General Peter Cirimwami Nkuba, the military governor of Congo's North Kivu province, has died from gunshot wounds amid ...

The governor of Congo's North Kivu province, Maj. Gen Peter Cirimwami, has died following injuries from front-line battles as ...

The circumstances around the death of Maj. Gen Peter Cirimwami were unclear but Cirimwami, who led army operations in the restive North Kivu, visited troops on the front line in Kasengezi ...

Major General Peter Cirimwami, governor of the province of Nord-Kivu, photographed at a news conference in Goma, DR of Congo (Moses Sawasawa/AP) The governor of the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Maj Gen Peter Cirimwami, North Kivu's Governor, was shot by M23 fighters when visiting the frontline on Thursday. He was airlifted to the capital Kinshasa for possible treatment abroad ...

Some Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) army forces, who fled the region due to the clashes crossed into Rwanda through the Corniche border crossing between the DRC and Rwanda, surrender to ...