161 people have been killed and almost 300,000 displaced by a resurgence of inter-ethnic conflict in northeastern areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The United Nations’ refugee agency says displacement centres in the region are in dire need of supplies, with humanitarian groups unable to access most of the areas affected by the violence.

The DRC has one of the world's largest numbers of displaced people, with almost 4.5 million fleeing various conflicts across the vast central African nation.