The province, in the north, has increasingly been the scene of trouble over the past 18 months, as the Taliban have regained ground and various armed groups battle for control of smuggling routes, including for narcotics and arms that are shipped across the border to Tajikistan.
Various armed groups are still holding around 18 people.
Until 2014, looting was carried out by various armed groups, or individuals, or the Syrian regime.
Refugees have been marauded, raped and killed by the various armed groups that haunt the land.
Various armed groups would then fight for control of Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, and of central Somalia.
Tension between various armed groups and militia, including Islamic extremists and Tuaregs, is high in the area.
Thousands of women, and hundreds of men, have been sexually assaulted by the various armed groups warring in eastern Congo.
The rest were attributed to various armed groups, including paramilitary forces, another rebel group and village self-defense patrols.
The police and security services have been in a state of war with various armed groups there for more than a decade, with locals targeted by both sides.
There are fears that various armed groups may use the withdrawal to attack and win a propaganda coup by appearing to drive the occupiers from the country.
"It's gone beyond the conflict," said Alexandra Bilak, who has studied various armed groups around Bukavu, on the shores of Lake Kivu.
