Boat traffic between eastern DR Congo cities of Goma and Bukavu resumes

Boat traffic between the cities of Goma and Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo resumed on Tuesday after several days of suspension due to fighting between the army and M23 rebels.

The Rwanda-backed group have captured the two key cities in Congo’s mineral-rich east in less than a month after a major escalation in their years-long fight against overstretched and weakened Congolese forces.

With the support of thousands of troops…