North Kiva Province Military Governor killed in M23 rebel attacks | News of the conflict

A military governor The Northern Kiv Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) died of injuries sustained during the fight on the front line, the local authorities say, as M23 rebel fighters Close in the capital of the province, Goma.

The circumstances over the death of General Major Peter Cirimwami were unclear, but Cirimwami, who led the armies of Operations at North Kiva in Eastern DRC, visited the troops on the front line in Kasenngezi, about 13 km (8 miles) from Gom, on Thursday, Thursday, the day of his death.

His death was confirmed by the Government Source, the military source and the source of the United Nations on Friday, who all spoke with the media provided anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the matter.

M23 has made significant territorial gains in recent weeks, surrounding Goma, which has about 2 million people and is a regional center of security and humanitarian efforts.

On Thursday, Panika spread to the crowd as the rebels took control of Sabol, the city (16 miles) northwest of the capital of the province and on the road, which is one of the last major routes in the city still under Government control, said the UN – Secretary of the UN – a -egeral Antonio Guterres.

The UN warned that a furious conflict in northern Kivu had displaced more than 400,000 people this year and could encourage a regional war.

“The number of moving this year is only over 400,000 people, almost twice the number of reported last week,” said Matthew Saltmarsh, a spokesman for the UN High Commissioner’s Office for Refugees (UNHCR), he said at a news newspaper in Geneva on Friday .

Saltmarsh said that UNHCR “is seriously concerned about the safety and safety of civilians and internally displaced people” in the east of the country.

“Heavy bombing caused families with at least nine spots to dispute the Gom’s outskirts to escape to the city to seek security and shelter,” he said, adding that many live roughly.

The United States, the United Kingdom and France on Friday called on their nationals to leave Goma, while the airports and borders were still open, issuing advice in online statements or in messages sent directly to -one or SMS.

M23 is charged with widespread crime, including rape. More than two million people have been forced from their homes since the conflict has restarted three years ago.

“We have escaped as a measure of precaution because we know that when the enemy arrives in our village, it will forcibly hire many young people,” the displaced destin, a displaced resident of Mukwi, told Al Jazeera Mumulirwa.

The M23 is one of about 100 armed groups that have been strengthened in the Eastern Drc rich minerals along the border with Rwanda in decades with a long conflict that has created one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises.

This month, the M23 captured the cities of Mins, Katale and Masis, west of Gom. M23 seized Goma in 2012 and controlled for more than a week.

DRC, UN -AI experts accuse Rwanda of supporting the M23, which is mostly made up of ethnic Tuts, which had separated from the Congole Army more than a decade ago.

Rwanda’s government denies claims, but last year she admitted that she had troops and rocket systems in the East DC to protect her safety, pointing to the construction of Congol forces near the border.

Al Jazeera Malcolm Webb, who reported from Nairobi, Kenya, said many people who fled the fight lived an offensive of the M23 2012 and are terrified of the group.

“We met people in camps who say they don’t want to live under what they see as a foreign occupation,” he said.

But he said that refugee camps were also “infamous for poor sanitary terms and for widespread sexual violence.”