The M23 armed group progresses on strategic zones in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after taking two key cities, warned the United Nations, undergoing a threat of regional conflict.
In recent weeks, there has been a rapid progression of the M23 supported in Rwanda, which seized the huge tracts of Eastern DRC, including Goma and Bukava.
“If our data is correct, [the M23] He continues to progress to other strategic areas in the north and southern Kivu, “said the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Veliki Lake region, Huang Xia, said the Security Council.
He said that although “deep intentions M23 and their support” remained unknown, “the risk of regional conflict is more real than ever,” adding that such a conflict would have “catastrophic” consequences.
In recent weeks, the struggles of the re -warning war from the Second Congo, from 1998 to 2003, which attracted several African countries in several African countries and resulted in millions of deaths from violence, disease and hunger.
The head of the UN Mission Mission, DRC (Monusco), Bintou Keita, also expressed concern about the progress of the M23 -now “at the junction of three borders between DRC, Rwanda and Burundi”.
