Kindu

The plane crashes into a densely forested area just outside of Kindu, located about 620 miles east of Kinshasa.

Among several incidents, Fayulu was prevented from landing in Kindu where he was scheduled hold a rally on Dec. 9, according to his campaign manager, Pierre Lumbi.

In the Maniema province of eastern Congo, Mai Mai rebels briefly seized the airport in the town of Kindu before they were dislodged by U.N. and government forces.

His hometown, Kindu, is near the Tanzanian border.

Ongala was born in Kindu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the hardships of his early life had a profound effect on his later songwriting.