The Ituri conflict Hostile_encounter ( ) was a major conflict Hostile_encounter between the agriculturalist Lendu and pastoralist Hema ethnic groups in the Ituri region of the north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ( DRC ) .

Médecins Sans Frontières said Statement `` The ongoing conflict in Ituri , Democratic Republic of Congo ( DRC ) , has led to Causation more than 50,000 deaths , more than 500,000 displaced civilians and continuing , unacceptably high , mortality since 1999 . ''

Early reports indicated Statement that the heaviest damage Damaging was sustained by the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( DRC ) , a region already ravaged Destroying by extensive war and extreme poverty .

Dozens of houses collapsed Destroying in the DRC city of Kalemie .

The quake Catastrophe was centred Surrounding roughly below Lake Tanganyika and – in addition to the DRC , where the most widespread damage Damaging has been reported Reporting – it was felt Change_sentiment in Burundi , Tanzania , Rwanda , and as far away as Mombasa , Kenya , and Luanda , Angola .

It was opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act by the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda ( FDLR ) , by the DRC army , and by United Nations forces .

The M23 rebellion was fighting Hostile_encounter in North Kivu , Democratic Republic of the Congo ( DRC ) , that occurred Coming_to_be between the March 23 Movement and government forces .

In April 2012 , former National Congress for the Defence Defending of the People ( CNDP ) soldiers mutinied Change_of_leadership against the DRC government and the peacekeeping contingent of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( MONUSCO ) .