Bertrand Bisimwa, the AFC/M23 rebellion’s deputy coordinator, has once again denounced the Congolese government’s endless targeting and killing of unarmed Banyamulenge civilians in Minembwe, Uvira, ...
Bertrand Bisimwa, the AFC/M23 rebellion’s deputy coordinator, has once again denounced the Congolese government’s endless targeting and killing of unarmed Banyamulenge civilians in Minembwe, Uvira, ...
The local prison was also emptied, they said. The M23 rebels have been moving south towards Uvira, which shares a lake border with Burundi, since they seized the provincial capital Bukavu over the ...
Uvira lies less than 30km from Bujumbura ... The rebels took the city with barely any resistance after capturing Kavumu airport, the last major supply hub. On 18 February, Reuters reported that ...
The militants' reported entry into the town of Kamanyola on Tuesday has caused panic in Uvira, 80 km (50 miles) to the south. Since Bukavu's fall, retreating Congolese troops have ended up ...
Movement (M23) fighters seized an airport serving Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo a day before the African ...
The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.
Armed men in military uniforms stormed the bishop’s residence in Uvira, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Feb. 20, amid ongoing insecurity following clashes between a militia allied with ...
The Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern town of Uvira witnesses chaos as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels force troops to flee. Clashes, looting, and a prison break mark the turmoil as Congolese forces ...
Some 120km from Bukavu in Uvira, panic-stricken residents shared their fears with The EastAfrican. Micheline Mauwa, 47, is no stranger to conflict, having been a victim of the displacement by the 1996 ...
Burundi fighters were moving north of Uvira to fend off the advance of M23 fighters ... their key goals were an "immediate and unconditional ceasefire" as well as humanitarian supplies and ...