M23 supported from Rwanda closes in the town of Kavuma in the southern Kivu in an offensive that has left thousands of dead and displaced large numbers.
Summit of African leaders to resolve the crisis in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) He directed the army to the mayors to meet within five days and “provide a technical direction of direct and unconditional tribute”.
The meeting, which ended in Tanzania on Saturday, brought together the leaders of the eight-tone of the Eastern African community (EAC) and the 16-member development community of southern Africa (Sadac).
Also called for the opening of humanitarian corridors to evacuate dead and injured.
The M23 Armed Group supported in Rwanda quickly seized parts of the territory in the eastern DRC rich minerals in the offensive that left thousands of dead and displaced huge numbers. Rwanda denies military support for M23.
The group took it Strategic City of GomThe capital of North Kiva Province, last week and pushed into the neighboring southern Kiva in the last episode of the decades of long unrest in the region.
Summit arrived in the middle of a report on Saturday that the M23 was closed in the town of Kavuma in southern Kivuu, which hosts the airport critical for the supply of Congol’s troops.
“We invite all sides to actualize the truce, and especially at the M23 to stop further progress, and the DRC armed forces to stop all retribution,” said Kenya President William Ruto, current President EAC, in opening note.
Since the M23 re -appeared in 2021, peace negotiations organized by both Angola and Kenya failed, and many times the interruptions were demolished. The offensive has caused a fear of the regional war, given that several countries have been military -hired in the support of DRC, including South Africa, Burundi and Malawa.
The United Nations report states that last year Rwanda had about 4,000 soldiers in Drc -in DRC, she profited from smuggling from the country of a huge amount of gold and coltan, mineral vital for telephone and laptops.
Rwanda accuses Drc of shelter of FDLR, an armed group created by ethnic Hutus massacred by Tutsis during the 1994 Rwanda genocide.
UN -A Volker Turk boss warned On Friday, “If nothing is done, the worst part may be to come for the people of the Eastern DC, but also beyond the borders of the country.”
Turk said that almost 3,000 people were killed and 2,880 wounded since M23 entered Gom on January 26, and that the final tolls were likely to be much larger.
He also said his team “currently checked multiple accusations of rape, rape and sexual slavery.”
