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

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.

The military governor of North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has died from injuries sustained ...

The governor of Congo's North-Kivu province has died amid escalating tensions as M23 rebels advance towards Goma. Maj. Gen ...

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

Rebels from the Rwanda-backed M23 have killed a military governor as they advanced through eastern Democratic Republic of ...

The DR Congo army and M23 fighters clashed outside Goma on Friday as the UK, United States and France urged citizens to leave ...

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 ...

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 ...