and government soldiers commandeering boats to flee across Lake Tanganyika. The local prison was also emptied, they said. The M23 rebels have been moving south towards Uvira, which shares a lake ...

Now, they appear to be heading for Uvira, a strategic city on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. By 18 February, M23 had reached Kamanyola, 70km away. Congolese forces, battered and outmanoeuvred, have ...

Uvira is located on Lake Tanganyika, from which a road leads to Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi. The withdrawal of Burundian soldiers a few days after the fall of the city of Bukavu is said to have ...

Insiguro y'isanamu, Umujyi wa Uvira uri ku kiyaga Tanganyika, ku ntera ya 26km uvuye i Bujumbura mu Burundi wambukiye ku mupaka wa Gatumba 18 Ukwa kabiri 2025 Ituze ryagarutse ku wa mbere mu mujyi ...

towards Uvira, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. Sporadic gunfire, looting and panic have been reported in several surrounding areas all week, including Uvira. The United Nations warned on ...

M23 fighters were quickly approaching the town of Uvira which sits on the northwestern tip of Lake Tanganyika, opposite Bujumbura, the capital economic of Burundi. Burundi fighters were moving ...

After seizing control of the town of Kamanyola, about 45 kilometres from Bukavu in South Kivu province, M23 fighters are continuing their advance further south, towards Uvira, on the shores of Lake ...