The general secretary of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon, warned of what he described as a Humanitarian Crisis in Great Lakes in the center of Africa.

This is due and as a result of the increasing killings between the government forces and the rebels forces in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. 

Ban Ki Moon, called on all parties for immediate cease fire, while the Security Council expressed its severe concern regarding the renewed conflict between the conflicting parties of the government and the rebels belonging to General Lauran Nkunda.

News from Goma, one of the biggest towns in East Congo, reports that the government forces were witnessed leaving the town, while the rebels are continuously moving towards the town.