M23's advance in DR Congo prompts uncertainty, border closure

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : According to an initial estimate by the UN's humanitarian agency OCHA, more than 200,000 people have been displaced within South Kivu province since December 2, while thousands of others have crossed the border into neighbouring countries especially Burundi but also Rwanda.
49% : According to several European diplomatic sources, Kinshasa fears the M23 pushing on towards mineral-rich Katanga province in southeastern DRC, the vast country's mining hub which the state relies on to fill its coffers thanks to taxes imposed on mining companies.
47% : More than 30,000 Congolese have fled the fighting and arrived in Burundi in the space of a week, a Burundian local administrative official and a UN source said Tuesday.

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