The Congolese call it the road through hell. From Uvira in the north to Baraka, 60 miles south, it winds through some of the most dangerous and miserable territory in a country torn apart by ...

A local source told IRIN on Thursday that the RCD was "making progress" and heading to open the Uvira-Baraka road, which had been "impassable" for many months now due to ambushes by Mayi-Mayi.

Document - The security situation in South Kivu remained calm during the period of 6-13 May. "Operation South Stability" launched on 26 May 06 by MONUC is still in progress. Various operations ...

The BBC's Mark Doyle follows in the footsteps of revolutionary Che Guevara in Uvira, DR Congo. Home. News. Sport. Radio. TV. Weather. ... Che Guevara's seven-month stay in the Fizi Baraka mountains ...

An RCD spokesperson said about 100 "enemy" had been killed and about 10 civilian bodies were counted on the road into Uvira. About 50 people had been taken prisoner. - Sapa-AFP.

UVIRA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nov 22 ... So far, UNHCR has provided relief items to Caritas and ACOBAD in Uvira and to the Red Cross in Baraka, further south, where the vast majority of ...

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 ...

Uvira - Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday patrolled the streets of Uvira, the strategic border town they recaptured at the weekend, as Kinshasa said it would press for a UN ...