(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 ...

C orneille nangaa sits in an armchair in a five-star-hotel in Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

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.