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UN: M23 activity, militia attacks fuel displacement and restrict peacekeepers in eastern DRC
Summary
UN peacekeeping and humanitarian officials reported mounting instability near Goma and in Ituri and North Kivu provinces, saying M23 forces have consolidated checkpoints and patrols that limit UN movement and civilians continue to flee; UNHCR said tens of thousands have crossed borders and hundreds of thousands are on the move.
UN agencies reported escalating insecurity in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo that is restricting peacekeeper movement and driving large displacements, with multiple attacks on civilians, abductions from hospitals and outbreaks of disease in affected towns.
At the briefing a UN spokesperson said the M23 rebel group continued to consolidate control around Goma by establishing checkpoints and patrols that restrict the UN peacekeepers’ freedom of movement at…
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