In the fighting for the airport, which is in the town of Kavumu ... the country is also said to have its own troops in eastern DR Congo. Rwandan President Paul Kagame has said his country's ...

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 ...

SADC summit terminates mandate of military mission in DR Congo Kigali, Rwanda | NEW TIMES RWANDA |  A Southern African ...

The M23 rebels are backed by the Rwandan government. Rwanda-backed rebels seized a second airport in eastern Congo on Friday, according to security and humanitarian sources. M23 rebels and Rwandan ...

The airport, located in Kavumu ... and I hope that we will be able to impose this ceasefire,” he said. DR Congo has long accused Rwanda of backing M23 rebels and even sending its own troops ...

Earlier on Friday, rebel fighters had entered the airport some 30km (19 miles ... Vianney Vitswamba, told the DR Congo news agency 7Sur7 that the bodies were found tied up. Allied Democratic ...

Rebel coalition, Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), which includes the M23 armed group, said in a statement Saturday it had taken control of the Kavumu airport in South Kivu and forced government forces ...

A defence and security expert has welcomed the decision by the South African Development Community (SADC) to terminate the mandate of its military mission in DR Congo (SAMIDRC), saying the troops were ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have entered Bukavu, the second largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), during a rapid advance in the region, the governor of South Kivu province, ...