Conflict intensifies in eastern Congo as the DRC army clashes with Rwandan-backed M23 rebels, leading to over 200 deaths and 52,000 displaced. Aid delivery is hindered, causing a humanitarian crisis with millions at risk of food and medical shortages.
As M23 rebels surround Goma, the only road out of the city leads across the border to Rwanda. Yet that isn’t much of a lifeline, since Congo’s neighbour is largely responsible for the current crisis, which risks exploding into a full-blown regional war https://t.co/KPyoDIVA7R
Tensions are escalating between Rwanda and the DR Congo following the advance of M23 rebel forces towards Goma in eastern DRC. @gengetonedon looks at the reasons behind this escalation, along with the implications, for @SemaforAfrica. https://t.co/pckL1GElyQ
"The Congolese are putting pressure on all negative forces against the Congo, including the local compradors, regional countries like Rwanda and Uganda, and the US, France, and UK " WATCH @kambale describe Western involvement in the war in DR Congo: https://t.co/SQbqI6dWmn https://t.co/LZbFBzuPKb
Rwanda's doing: "Aid organizations fear a new humanitarian crisis" in eastern Congo where the armed rebel group M23 "is in the midst of a new advance that threatens to cut off a major city and leave millions of people struggling for food and medical help." https://t.co/wWLbl4FoN6
Aid organizations fear a new humanitarian crisis in the restive eastern Congo region, where the armed rebel group M23 is in the midst of a new advance that threatens to cut off a major city and leave millions of people struggling for food and medical help. https://t.co/pHqfbPtZYn
DRC conflict: Why is fighting intensifying and can it threaten regional stability? https://t.co/j8PNYQuAwn https://t.co/5zzBOQCCim
⚠️ EXPLAINER-WHY FIGHTING IS FLARING IN EASTERN CONGO AND THREATENING REGIONAL STABILITY (Reuters) Violent clashes have escalated between Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)'s army and Rwandan-backed M23 Tutsi-led rebels in eastern Congo, killing scores and displacing hundreds… https://t.co/gGKrNG54ag
🚨 CONGO CRISIS: OVER 200 KILLED | THOUSANDS FLEE VIOLENCE Eastern Congo faces a humanitarian disaster: 200+ dead and 52,000 displaced amid M23's march towards Goma. Aid delivery is hampered by fighting, with medical facilities overwhelmed. U.S State Dept: “We reaffirm our… https://t.co/zbEbptbb41 https://t.co/euQhw6fHbd
⚠️ EASTERN CONGO RESIDENTS SCRAMBLE FOR FOOD AND SAFETY AS CONFLICT INTENSIFIES (Reuters) An intensifying conflict between Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) army and the Tutsi-led M23 rebels, allegedly backed by Rwanda, has disrupted food supplies to the eastern city of… https://t.co/fTZ0Calh10