More than 700 killed while DR Congo is fighting against M23 rebels | News of the conflict
At least 773 people were killed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the largest city of Gom and its vicinity in a week, in the midst of the fight with rebels from the M23 who supported the M23 who captured the city in a serious escalation of the decade of a long decade, authorities said.
“These figures remain temporary because the rebels asked the population to clean the streets of Goma. There should be mass graves, and the Rwandans took care of the evacuation of theirs,” said the Congole’s Government spokesman Patrick Muyaya on Saturday in Capital Kinshasi, adding that the number of deaths would cases could have been greater.
The M23 is the most powerful of more than 100 armed groups that fight for control in the east rich in DRC minerals, which holds huge deposits critical of most of the world technology. They were supported by about 4,000 soldiers from neighboring Rwanda, according to the experts of the United Nations.
The advancement of the rebels in other areas was slowed by the Srednj African nation army, which took out some villages from them. The army was weakened after losing hundreds of troops, and foreign mercenaries surrendered to the rebels after the fall of Goma.
In the meantime, hundreds of population of Gom began to return to the city on Saturday after the rebels promised to return basic services, including water and power. They cleaned the neighborhood full of debris from the weapon and filled with the smell of blood.
UN peace boss Jean-Pierre Lacroix said the forces of M23 and Rwanda were about 60 km (37 miles) north of the capital of the Southern Kivu Province in Bukavu. Lacroix said the rebels “seem to be moving quite quickly,” and capturing the airport a few kilometers (miles) “would be another really significant step.”
Goma’s arrest has led humanitarian operations to “Stopping, interrupting the vital life line to provide assistance” in the east, said Rose Tchwenko, a country director to help Mercy Corps.
“The escalation of violence towards Bukavu causes fear of even greater displacement, while the breakup of a humanitarian approach leaves the entire community without support,” she said.
