Odette, 44, has already been toiling for hours, tidying her family’s makeshift shelter and pausing to check a pot of beans simmering over an open fire made with wood she collected at first light.

Clashes erupted near Goma, eastern DR Congo, as M23 rebels, backed by Rwandan forces, advanced, triggering a humanitarian ...

M23 rebels made significant territorial gains in recent weeks, encircling Goma, which is home to around two million people.