United Nations officials have arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday to assess the security and humanitarian situation in the east of the country. Fighting in the North Kivu province has intensified recently with the M23 rebels threatening to cut off all road links to Goma, a city of more than one million inhabitants situated on the border with Rwanda. The Congolesegovernment accuses Rwanda of backing the M23 rebels. UN experts, the United States and several other western states, have also concluded that Rwanda supports the group, although Kigali has so far denied that. Residents accuse it of failing to deal with the dozens of armed groups operating in eastern DRC, including M23 rebels.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 11, 2023 16:29 UTC