M23 rebels cut off Kenya, Uganda trade routes to DRC
M23 fighters at Kavumu hill in North Kivu, the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, in June 2012. The rebels have caused tensions in the region with an energised insurgency. PHOTO | AFP
The border was the only one still open after the M23 rebels captured the Bungana border town in eastern DRC in June and later took control of the Kitigoma and Busaza borders.
