Tuver Wundi Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

M23 spokeperson Lawrence Kanyuka (2nd left), M23 leader Benjamin Mbonimpa (3rd left), Congo River Alliance leader Corneille Nangaa (3rd right) and M23 leader Bertrand Bisimwa (2nd right) host a news conference in Goma on February 6, 2025. The M23 said it wanted to "liberate all of the Congo" in its first public meeting since seizing city.

Threats, exile, censorship: DRC journalists besieged in year of rebel rule

January 28, 2026 10:47 AM EST

For Congolese journalist Prince Cikala Mihigo, the first day of 2026 brought a brutal reminder of the risks of reporting: rebel soldiers beat and kicked him while questioning him about his work, leaving his face swollen and raw. Cikala was assaulted at a checkpoint in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s eastern city of Bukavu,…

DRC authorities detain journalist Tuver Wundi after ouster by Goma rebels

September 8, 2025 12:54 PM EDT

Kinshasa, September 8, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on government and rebel authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to stop harassing reporter Tuver Wundi, who has been detained twice and dismissed from his job at the national broadcaster in the eastern city of Goma. “Detaining Tuver Wundi without just cause is a…

Journalists go into hiding after being threatened in DRC

November 1, 2012 1:52 PM EDT

At least three journalists working in the restive, mineral-rich province of North Kivu have fled into hiding in August and September 2012 after saying they were threatened in reprisal for their reporting, CPJ has learned.