A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider regional war.

Kanyuka argues that the M23 fighters did not raid but conducted a peaceful operation against 130 Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) soldiers who were hiding in hospitals.   Goma, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The March 23 Movement (M23) have dismissed accusations against them of raiding hospitals in Goma city,

According to a statement from the North Kivu DGDA, all cargo coming from M23-controlled areas will be considered as foreign goods entering the country for the first time

Banks are still shut, basic services such as trade are slowly restarting, and thousands displaced by the conflict are desperate for aid and temporary shelters.

This publication has learnt that the government, in an attempt to salvage lost revenues from border posts in the M23 zone, had tried to re-tax goods.

The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and partners in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are providing lifesaving clean water supplies to 700,000 people a day - around 364,000 of them children - in the regional capital Goma after breaks in the water supply due to the uptick in fighting.

Rwanda-backed rebels captured a key eastern Congo city just over a month ago. Residents in Goma, which was once a critical trade and humanitarian hub, say they are struggling on various fronts even as the rebels try to consolidate their administration and restart normal life.

In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), insecurity and horrific sexual violence have left tens of thousands fleeing across borders with no sign of the exodus stopping, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.

Following his tour of Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu in eastern DR Congo, Alain Destexhe, a former Belgian senator, said that he found the city to be peaceful as inhabitants went about their businesses in normalcy.

More than 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in mineral-rich eastern Congo

Conditions continue to worsen dramatically in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where 25.5 million people face the danger of hunger, a Baptist leader there said.

Residents, meanwhile, continue to flee from Goma to other neighboring countries and towards the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, about 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) away. At the main border crossing ...