or DRC. Once again, the region is on the edge of full-blown regional conflict, as Kate Bartlett reports. (SOUNDBITE OF WATER LAPPING) KATE BARTLETT, BYLINE: The Serena Hotel, Goma's five-star ...

following clashes between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), at the Hotel Serena in Goma, North Kivu province in the east of the Democratic Republic ...

Rwandan-backed rebels declare they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma, as their troops continue to claim more territory in the mineral rich region.