Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have seized a military airport in Goma, the main city in the country's mineral-rich east, after several days of fighting with government forces backed by a UN peacekeeping force, a United Nations official has told reporters.<br /><br />"The airport is under the control of the M23 (Rebels)," the official said on condition of anonymity on Tuesday.<br /><br />The advancement came after rebels fired mortars on the outskirts of Goma, the provincial capital, threatening to capture one the largest cities in the country's eastern region.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports.
