In the Democratic Republic of Congo, thousands more people have been displaced in recent days after M23 rebels seized the key eastern town of Minova, a main supply route for Goma, the capital of North Kivu province.

Marceline Kacharanga: “I lived in Minova. When we were told the enemies were approaching, my sister and I fled to Nzulo on foot last Friday. Now the enemy is in Bugulube, and we are fleeing without knowing where we are going, as if we have nowhere to return. Look, my older sister gave birth yesterday. She has a baby, and we don’t know what to do.”

Aid groups are warning of a deepening humanitarian crisis in eastern Congo as intensified fighting has displaced nearly a quarter of a million people since just the start of the year — half of them children.