Traders and travellers packed their belongings and paid their fares early on Tuesday for the long boat journey across eastern DR Congo’s Lake Kivu, the first sailing between the lake’s two ...

Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Originally established along the shore of a lake, Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has expanded up steep slopes amid rapid urban growth.

Bukavu previously fell to soldiers who deserted the Congolese army in 2004 and its capture effectively gives the M23 control of the vast Lake Kivu area, which stretches the length of the border ...

M23 rebels seized city of Bukavu after Congo army retreated U.N. says children using guns, uniforms discarded by Congo army Fighting reported in towns south of Bukavu far from front line Army ...

The M23 rebel group reached Bukavu, regional capital of South Kivu, on Saturday. It is the second regional capital to fall under the control of the rebels since they took up arms again against the ...

The AFC/M23 rebels captured Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu Province, late on Saturday, February 15, after the city was besieged for days in the latest advancement against the Congolese ...

Rebel forces have been seen in the center of Bukavu, the second largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on Sunday, residents told CNN, as the fighters push to expand their ...

M23 has taken control of both provincial capitals on the lake -- Bukavu on the southern side fell on Sunday weeks after the fighters captured the city of Goma in the north -- giving them total ...

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