This is a link to today's BBC article about the renewed fighting in Eastern Congo. Right before Jill, Bethany, and I traveled into Congo in February of 2008, a large peace deal was signed by many of the rebel groups in the North and South Kivu regions of Eastern Congo. Since that time, the peace has held somewhat. Lately however, fighting has begun anew, causing over 100,000 Congolese to flee their homes. Many are caught in between the lines of the UN peacekeeping force and the rebels, preventing relief agencies such as MSF, OXFAM, and Merlin from being able to reach them.
Images are from the BBC.
For more information see today's BBC article about the fighting: "UN fears grow over Congo unrest."
For historical background, see the chapters on Congo and Mobutu and the Rwandan and Burundian conflict in: The Fate of Africa by Martin Meredith.
The BBC article has links to other articles about the present conflict.
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