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Fighting has errupted in the past week in the area around Goma, located in the Nord-Kivu region bordering to Rwanda. Having spent a big part of 2006 working on the UNICEF and UNHCR transports going from Dar es Salaam (in Tanzania, and a major port, more information see here) to Goma makes one feel even more desperate.

However, the Maniema region and its capital Kindu seem to be largely unaffected. In fact, the provincial government has enacted a deescalation strategy which apparently seems to work fine. As it looks right now, my stay in Congo from January to March will not be affected.