Security in Congo's mineral-rich east is deteriorating with rebel group expanding territory, UN says

Security in Congo’s mineral-rich east has deteriorated since recent elections, with a rebel group allegedly linked to neighboring Rwanda making “significant advances and expanding its territory,” the U.N. special envoy for the conflict-wracked African nation said Wednesday.

Bintou Keita told the U.N. Security Council this has created “an even more disastrous humanitarian situation, with internal displacement reaching unparalleled numbers."

Last month, the told Rwanda and that they “must walk back from the brink of war,” the sharpest warning yet of a looming conflict.