At least 37,000 people have fled their homes in four days in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to escape fighting between the army and M23 rebels, NGOs said Friday. Some had to walk more than 20 km to reach the outskirts of Goma," said Caitlin Brady, NRC's director in DRC. In total, the DRC has 5.6 million displaced people, a record in Africa. The fighting subsided on Thursday and, according to sources interviewed from Goma, the situation was calm on Friday morning. The DRC is again accusing Rwanda of supporting these rebels, which Kigali again denied on Thursday.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 27, 2022 17:36 UTC