The airport had been heavily ... capturing the strategic town of Walikale. That puts them in control of a road linking four provinces in eastern Congo and within 400 km (250 miles) of Kisangani ...

With Rwandan troops involved in the war not far away in Democratic Republic of Congo, professional cyclists from abroad took part in a race near the town ... a future international airport into ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A group ... in January as part of a continuing offensive in Congo's mineral-rich east that has alarmed some in the international community. The U.N. had pushed for ...

The Eastern Congo has long been disputed territory by armed forces. THE Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a country already ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ... the airport.Advertisement · Scroll to continueCongolese President Felix Tshisekedi meanwhile was seeking international ...

Rwanda-backed rebels seized a second airport in eastern Congo ... ambitions" in the eastern part of Congo. Tshisekedi called for Kigali to be subject to international sanctions while at the ...

He said they had been receiving treatment in a hospital in the rebel-controlled city of Goma in eastern Congo ... in the international community. The U.N. had pushed for the Goma airport to ...

In late January, the rebels captured Goma, the largest city in the province of North Kivu; less than three weeks later, they also seized Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu, as well as a key airport ...

The regionalization of the Democratic Republic of the Congo crisis raises prospects for ... withdrawing after M23 rebels overran Kavumu Airport and the adjacent air force base on their way to ...

Soon after, M23 took the town of Bukavu ... DRC from International Peace Information Service (IPIS). For now, the fighting is far from the copper and cobalt mines in Congo’s southeast, where ...

They were received at Entebbe International Airport in the early hours of the ... the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the CAR. Kony remains wanted by the International Criminal Court for war ...

The town of Minembwe ... of major cities and airports. The group emphasized the need for direct engagement between all parties to the conflict, according to the report. Congo has repeatedly ...