Explainer: Why fighting is flaring in eastern DRC, threatening regional stability
Congolese people carry their belongings as they flee from their villages around Sake in Masisi territory, following clashes between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC); towards Goma, North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo on February 7, 2024. PHOTO | REUTERS
Violent clashes have escalated between Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)'s army and M23 rebels in eastern Congo, killing scores and displacing hundreds of thousands.
The fighting, in a war that has lasted decades, has increased the risk of an all-out conflict between Congo and Rwanda that could suck in neighbours and regional forces including South Africa, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania and Malawi.
