Fighting in eastern DRC: “Throughout Masisi, famine is setting in,” says local official. Fighting between the M23 rebels and the Congolese army, supported by the Wazalendo militias.
Since December, nearly 700,000 people have been displaced by the fighting. The roads are cut and supply in this territory is becoming very difficult, explains Voltaire Batundi, from the civil society of Masisi.. A sachet of salt which cost around 1,000 francs today is 2,000. It also doubled the price because local products are not at harvest time.