Govt troops retake Congo city

Government forces recaptured the strategic Congo city of Bukavu today, ending a one-week takeover by renegade troops that triggered the biggest crisis yet to the African nation’s peace process.

Thousands of residents sang, beat drums and honked horns as soldiers marched into the centre of Bukavu without firing a shot – hours after rebel leader Colonel Jules Mutebutsi and his force fled the city under the cover of darkness.