No Let up in Tensions in DRC as More Civilians People Flee from Goma

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The decades-long conflict has created one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises. Recently, there has been an uptick in tensions forcing people putting up with tensions for a long to flee to safer havens. Congolese authorities said that M23 had seized the town of Minova, a key supply route for Goma just 40 kilometers away.

Tensions mount in the Democratic Republic of Congo as civilians have been fleeing the Nzulo camp for displaced people outside Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The fighting between M23 rebels and the Congolese army has intensified and the reports indicate that it has reached the capital of Goma.

 The decades-long conflict has created one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises. Recently, there has been an uptick in tensions forcing people putting up with tensions for a long to flee to safer havens. Congolese authorities said that M23 had seized the town of Minova, a key supply route for Goma just 40 kilometers away. They have also reportedly captured several mining towns in the region, as reported by www.trendsnafrica.com from time to time.

The United Nations estimates more than 237,000 people have been forced from their homes in the mineral-rich region since the start of the year. Rights group Amnesty International earlier this week called on the warring parties to stop using explosive weapons in densely populated areas.

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The M23, or the March 23 Movement, is a militant group composed of ethnic Tutsis who broke away from the Congolese army just over a decade ago. Rwanda denies accusations by the DRC and the United Nations that it supports the group with troops and weapons.

M23 is one of about 100 armed groups that have been vying for a foothold in mineral-rich eastern Congo since 1998 when the conflict began. More than 7 million people have been displaced.