a major military base and the largest airport in South Kivu. The airport is 40 km north of Bukavu, the second-largest city in eastern Congo. The next day, residents see Congolese troops retreating ...

Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Alliance which includes M23 rebels, told Reuters news agency the rebels had entered the South ... North Kivu, Vianney Vitswamba, told the DR Congo ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 fighters claim to have taken control of Kavumu airport serving Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The airport ...

Bukavu, the provincial capital of South Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, has come to a standstill after a takeover by the M23 rebels. Daily activities came to a halt ...

the largest city in eastern Congo, at the end of last month. The capture of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, would represent an unprecedented expansion of territory under the M23’s ...

The M23 rebel group has called for direct peace talks with the Congolese government after seizing Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu Province ... for change. The DR Congo government has rejected ...

M23 seized Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, in late January and then took control of South Kivu provincial capital Bukavu over the weekend.

Scores of people have fled since the fighters reached outlying districts of Bukavu, capital of South Kivu province, on Friday. It was barely defended by the Congolese armed forces (FARDC).