Armed conflict in the South Kivu province (a region in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo long destabilised by overlapping militia and communal violence) has shifted and intensified over the past three months, with the heaviest fighting now concentrated in the high plateaus of the Fizi, Mwenga, Uvira, and Kalehe territories. The redeployment follows a withdrawal by the AFC/M23 rebel coalition from the city of Uvira under international pressure, a move that dispersed rather than ended hostilities, pushing frontlines into remote areas where government forces (FARDC) and their allies face the Ngumino-Twirwaneho coalition aligned with M23, with heavy weapons and drones reported on both sides. At least 541 wounded have been admitted to three South Kivu hospitals in three months, humanitarian access remains severely blocked around the flashpoint town of Minembwe, and diplomatic efforts — including an Angolan ceasefire proposal and U.S. sanctions targeting Rwanda's military — have so far produced no visible reduction in fighting ahead of scheduled peace talks in Switzerland.