Fighters from the M23 rebel group advanced in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday and were locked in heavy fighting with the army outside the region's largest military base, security sources and the local park director said.
After several days of fighting between the rebels and Congo's army near the border with Rwanda, M23 fighters attacked the base in the town of Rumangabo, the sources said.
Two security sources, who asked not to be named, said the rebels had surrounded the base by the evening. Reuters could not immediately confirm this independently.
