Rebels Near Zaire's Third-Largest City; Heavy Fighting Reported at Kisangani Airport

The Washington Post | March 8, 1997| | Copyright

Rebels and government forces reportedly battled each other today at the airport outside Zaire's third-largest city in what could prove to be the most critical fight yet in that central African country's 4 1/2-month-old conflict.

The rebels, who have had little trouble taking several key towns and cities on their way to controlling much of eastern Zaire, reportedly ran into heavy resistance from Zairian army forces at the airport at Kisangani, base of the government's two-month-old counteroffensive and its last stronghold in eastern and central Zaire.

Government forces are believed to ...

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