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Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service.
Coming to you live from our studios in central London.
I'm Julian Marshall
and we begin today in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the east of the country which borders Rwanda.
It's a mineral rich region of the DRC and politically unsettled
and it's currently convulsed by an offensive by the M23 rebel group.
Thousands have been displaced as the Rwandan backed rebels pursue an offensive which has so far resulted
in the capture of the eastern city of Goma.
The rebels are now advancing south towards the city of Bukavu, but their progress has reportedly been slowed.
Today the UN Spokesman Stephane Dujari gave an assessment of the numbers of people killed
and injured in the fighting in Goma.