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).

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 ...

GOMA, DR Congo, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The March 23 Movement (M23) armed group announced on Friday that it has seized control of Kavumu Airport in South Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of ...

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 ...

On Friday, the M23 announced it had seized Kavumu Airport, a vital humanitarian and military supply hub in South Kivu. The ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have entered Bukavu, the second largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), ...

Nearly three thousand people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the United Nations, after the provincial capital was captured by rebels ...

Fighting erupted on Tuesday in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, three days after a call by African leaders for a ...

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 ...