This a timeline of the Kivu conflict during 2020.
January
1 January - An Nduma Defense of Congo-Renovated (NDC-R) fighter shot and killed a 40-year-old man in Kituruku village in Walikale territory. 3 January - The National Coalition of the People for the Sovereignty of Congo (CNPSC) ambushed the Ngumino and Twiganeho in Ibumba village in Fizi territory. Overall in the attack six Ngumino and Twiganeho fighters were killed, and one CNPSC fighter was killed and three wounded. The Ngumino were also attacked in the villages of Rubibi, Rubarati, and Kanogo in Uvira territory by the Mai-Mai Biloze Bishambuke. The Mai-Mai Biloze Bishambuke captured all of those villages from them. 5 January - The (RDF) attacked National Resistance Council for Democracy (CNRD) fighters in Muuzi village in Mwenga territory. Two CNRD fighters were captured and 16 CNRD fighters were killed. 7 January - The RDF attacked CNRD fighters in Nyabaleke village in Mwenga territory. Two CNRD fighters were captured and two CNRD dependants were killed in the attack. Two weapons were recovered by the RDF. 8 January - Five unidentified armed men raided a house in Kakombe neighbourhood in rural Uvira. The attackers kidnapped a woman. 9 January - Five Raia Mutomboki Walike members raided Kiseku village in Shabunda territory and looted money, four solar panels, three goats, eight chickens, two sacks of cassava flour and other goods. They also kidnapped twenty people who they forced to carry the goods. The Mai-Mai Kyandenga clashed with the FARDC in Visiki, Beni territory resulting in one Kyandengan death. Unidentified armed men in Mahya, Masisi territory resisted an attack by the FARDC. 10 January - The Mai-Mai Ebu Ela ambushed the Ngumino and Twiganeho near Kahwela village in Fizi territory. The attack resulted in the death of a 16-year-old boy who was shot dead. The Mai-Mai Ebu Ela also set fire to houses and looted livestock in the villages of Kahwela, Kivumu, and Misinji. In the village of Kalungu in Mwenga territory, RDF forces attacked the National Forces of Liberation (FNL). 11 January - The RDF attacked CNRD fighters in Kasika village in Mwenga territory. 20 CNRD dependants died in the attack. 13 January - The Congolese army raided Allied Democratic Forces's (ADF) headquarters camp, nicknamed "Madina", which is located near Beni. 30 Congolese soldiers were killed and 70 were wounded in the intense battle with ADF. 40 ADF insurgents were also reported killed, including five top commanders. The Congolese army nevertheless captures the camp, but failed to apprehend the target of the raid, ADF leader Musa Baluku. The FARDC also attacked the Mai-Mai Malaika and the Raia Mutomboki Jean Musumbu in Kalabula village in Shabunda territory. The FARDC kicked out the Mai-Mai Malaika and the Raia Mutomboki Jean Musumbu from Kalabula. Overall in the attack, four FARDC soldiers were killed, and six Mai-Mai Malaika and Raia Mutomboki Jean Musumbu fighters were captured. Six AK47 weapons were recovered, and the perpetrators looted ten goats and five solar panels. 14 January - The FARDC recaptured the village of Katale, Kalehe territory from the Nyatura Kalume. 16 January - Unidentified armed men raided Mikanda village in Mwenga territory. The attackers raped four women, kidnapped two men and wounded three others. They also looted money and goods. 17 January - Unidentified armed captured the head nurse from a health centre and tried to capture the guard. The kidnappers demanded a ransom of $1,000 for the hostage's release. 19 January - The NDC-R captured the village of Hembe, Masisi territory from the Alliance of Patriots for a Free and Sovereign Congo (APCLS) and Nyatura APRDC. Four APCLS fighters and two men were killed in the attack. 20 January - Unidentified armed looted 62 cows in Nakanango village in Uvira territory only to be attacked by the army. In total, the army was able to free 60 of the cows. 22 January - 6 civilians were killed in an ADF attack in the Beni territory. The NDC-R attacked the Nyatura Domi under the Collective of movements for change (CMC) and the FDLR-FOCA in the villages of Mukaka, Kinyamugenzi, and Bumbasha, Rutshuru territory. The Nyatura Domi and the FDLR-FOCA resisted the attack by NDC-R. The NDC-R killed eighteen people when they were returning to Katsiru. 24 January - APCLS fighters captured the village of Ndurumo, Masisi territory from NDC-R. 25 January - The Mai-Mai Kashumba attacked the Ngumino in Kahololo village in Uvira territory and killed seven Ngumino fighters. 26 January - The Mai-Mai Biloze Bishambuke attacked the Ngumino and Twiganeho in the villages of Kinyuni, Kajembwe, Kagogo, Mugete, Masata, Kahuna, Irangi, and Masroro in Uvira territory.