DR Congo’s M23 fighters seize Bukavu airport before African Union summit | News

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Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi traveled to Germany to attend Munich Security Conference in efforts to rally international support

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, primarily used for NGO and military flights and where DRC troops had been stationed, was the last significant military barrier for the rebel forces before reaching the city of more than one million people – the second largest in the region – which is 30km (19…



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