2025 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks

Main article: Lists of Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks

Since the start of 2025, the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has intensified. On January 26, the March 23 Movement (M23), along with allied Rwandan forces, seized control of Goma, the capital of North Kivu. By January 27, the M23 had taken control of significant areas of the city after fierce clashes with DRC forces.^[1]

Humanitarian situation

As of February 3, over 700,000 people are displaced within Goma.^[1][2] 7.8 million people are internally displaced in the whole country (as of December 2024).^[3] Attacks and armed clashes were responsible for more than 89 percent of these displacements, while the remaining 11 percent were caused by natural disasters. North Kivu, South Kivu, Ituri, and Tanganyika are the provinces most affected.^[4]

List of attacks in 2025

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Date	Dead	Injured	Involved	Location – Circumstances
January 15	10+		ADF	North Kivu, Lubero Territory, Makoko – At least ten people were killed in an attack by the Allied Democratic Forces.[5]
January 23	5		ADF	North Kivu, Beni territory – Five civilians were killed by ADF.[6]
January 27	150+		Male prisoners	North Kivu, Goma – Female prisoners were attacked and their wing was set on fire after a mass rape, killing nearly all women and 26 children. Only 9–13 of 165 female inmates survived.[7][8][9]
January 29	9		Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP)	North Kivu, Lubero District – 30 homes set on fire.[10][6]
February 2	28		Armed group	Ituri, Irumu Territory, Samboko and Ndalya – 3 villages were attacked and 28 people killed. The attack led to panic and thousand civilians fled the area.[11]
February 7	3		Undisclosed	North Kivu – Three Swiss church aid workers were killed.[12]
February 10	80+		CODECO	Ituri, Djugu Territory – Militants attacked Djaiba villages. They killed adults and children, set houses on fire, looted and committed sexual violence.[13][14]
February 12	70+		Islamic State – Central Africa Province	North Kivu, Lubero – More than 70 people were kidnapped and later found beheaded.[10][15] See also: Kasanga massacre
February 16	3		M23	South Kivu, Bukavu – Three children were killed during summary executions by M23.[16]
February 24–27	6	3	Zaïre militia	Ituri, Djugu Territory, Masumbuko – An attack by the Zaïre militia over several days killed six soldiers and injured three. The militia took an unknown number of casualties in fighting with the FARDC.[17]
February 25–26	23		ADF	Ituri province, Matolo and Samboko – 23 civilians were killed, and 20 civilians, mostly farmers, were kidnapped.[18]
February 27	11	65	Undisclosed	South Kivu, Bukavu – An explosions at a rally held by M23 rebels killed and injured people.[19][20] See also: 2025 Bukavu M23 rally bombings
March 1 and March 3			M23	North Kivu, Goma – CBCA Ndosho Hospital and Heal Africa Hospital were raided in a coordinated attack, and 130 to 150 patients were kidnapped.[21][22]
March 7	3	1	Mai-Mai Kata Katanga	Tanganyika, Moba Territory, Kamena – An attack by the Mai-Mai Kata Katanga and Twas militias on a village and an FARDC camp left three rebels dead and one soldier injured.[23]

Gallery

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  Location of DR of the Congo
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  Region with a high amount of attacks.
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  IDP camp north of Goma.

See also

• 2025 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• List of massacres in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Attacks on humanitarian workers