The UN uses these giant Mil Mi-26 helicopters to distribute food and other forms of aid in the region.

Various versions of Antonov transport aircraft are a common sight at Bunia. This An-12 was pictured while food aid was being unloaded onto a UN truck.

Two UN Hercules on the ramp at Bunia Airport. The unrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo over recent years has led the UN to place its biggest peacekeeping force in the country.

One of the rarer aircraft types seen at Bunia has been this Equatorial Guinea-registered Antonov An-8, 3X-GDQ of Pegasus Aviation.

The European Union's Echo Flight also undertakes humanitarian work, with this Dash 8. The aircraftis pictured atGoma where it is based, but regularly visits Bunia.

Two operators fly scheduled passenger services from Bunia. CAS uses a pair of Let 410s, while TMK Air Commuter flies this Twin Otter.

A Cessna 206 of the Christian agency. The Mission Aviation Fellowship. Its two aircraft based at Kajjansi visit Bunia almost every day, as shown here.

Aviation Sans Frontieres Belgium is one of many non-governmental organisations operating in the region. It has one aircraft working out of Bunia at any given time - either a Cessna U206G, like the one pictured, or a 207.