As the conflict in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is deepening, the fear of a regionalisation of the war also grows. A ceasefire was reached between the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group and the Congolese Armed forces but it was short-lived. Now the prospects of a spill over into neighbouring Burundi is raising concerns. BBC Africa’s Nomsa Maseko was in Bujumbura to interview the Burundian president Évariste Ndayishimiy. #DRCconflict #burundi | BBC News Africa

In eastern Congo, the recent fall of Goma to M23 rebels has plunged the region into deeper turmoil, worsening what was already one of the world’s largest displacement crises. But for hundreds of women raising children fathered—and then abandoned—by UN peacekeepers, the collapse of security has made survival even harder. The BBC’s Ian Wafula first met some of these women before Goma fell. Now, amid renewed conflict, their lives have grown even more precarious. | BBC News Africa