Why Aid Groups Are Warning of New Humanitarian Crisis in Eastern DR Congo

FILE - Residents flee fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese forces near Kibumba, some 20 kilometers north of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Oct. 29, 2022. FILE - M23 rebels load a pickup truck in Kibumba, in the eastern of Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 23, 2022.

Aid organizations fear a new humanitarian crisis in the restive eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the armed rebel group M23 is in the midst of a new advance that threatens to cut off a major city and leave millions of people struggling for food and medical help.