(SOUNDBITE OF WATER LAPPING) KATE BARTLETT, BYLINE: The Serena Hotel, Goma's five-star establishment, sits on picturesque Lake Kivu and is a favorite haunt of foreign correspondents, U.N. workers ...

He was addressing the media at Serena Hotel Goma following capture of North Kivu’s biggest city –Goma earlier this week. This was the first major briefing by the group since taking over Goma.

The road trip, an expedition to the ‘small Swiss Alps’, says James Nzaywala, Manager Goma Serena Hotel, is courtesy of the hotel, Jambojet and Malaika Lodge. The partnership, he says focuses ...