The M23 rebels captured the city of Uvira in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo last week.The intensification of fighting in several territories in South Kivu occurred days after President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, signed a peace and economic agreement to put an end to the fighting in eastern Congo. The United Nations says the recent clashes resulted in a major humanitarian crisis, displacing more than 200,000 people and also led to the deaths of more than 400 and dozens of injuries. The strategic city of Uvira has been serving as the provincial capital of the mineral-rich province of South Kivu.Now to look at the humanitarian situation in the Eastern DRC Region we are joined by Will Harper : Deputy head of  MSF or Doctors Without Borders  mission in east DRC

<p>The M23 rebels captured the city of Uvira in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo last week.The intensification of fighting in several territories in South Kivu occurred days after President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, signed a peace and economic agreement to put an end to the fighting in eastern Congo. The United Nations says the recent clashes resulted in a major humanitarian crisis, displacing more than 200,000 people and also led to the deaths of more than 400 and dozens of injuries. The strategic city of Uvira has been serving as the provincial capital of the mineral-rich province of South Kivu.Now to look at the humanitarian situation in the Eastern DRC Region we are joined by Will Harper : Deputy head of &nbsp;MSF or Doctors Without Borders &nbsp;mission in east DRC</p>

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