What stimulates the rush of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo? – National

M23 rebels supported by M23 who captured Goma at the end of January, the largest city in the East CongoSince then, they have progressed towards the second largest city in the area, noise.
The last struggle is part of the great escalation of conflicts over the power, identity and resources dating from the 1990s in Rwanda Genocide and the fall of the dictator Mobutu Sese Seko in the country then known as Zaire.
In its last conflict, it is believed that hundreds of thousands of people have been killed since 2012, and more than a million has been displaced now.
What is happening on Earth?
After taking Gom, the rebels pressed the south toward Bukavu, the capital of the South Kiv province. On Friday, they controlled a strategic Kavuma airport that serves noise.
The rebels intended to show that they could bring back the order and manage to the crowd.
There were more chaotic scenes and reports on robbery and rape near the front line, while the M23 faces the Congol army and its allies, including Burundi troops.
The UN Refugee Agency expressed concern on Friday because of the “quick deterioration” situation, saying that the war had left about 350,000 displaced people without a roof over their heads.
The involvement of Burundiana and Rwanda’s trunk added to Earth to fear that the fighting could be pushed into a regional conflict similar to two devastating installments in the region between 1996 and 2003, which cost millions of lives.
Reuters reported this week that South Africa has sent additional troops and military equipment in Congo in recent days after 14 soldiers were killed in the fight with the M23 last month.
M23, which refers to March 23, 2009, an agreement ending the previous rebellion under the guidance of Tuts in Eastern Congo, is the latest group of rebels under the guidance of ethnic Tuts who took over the weapons against Congolian forces.
She launched the current rebellion in 2022.
The Group accused the Government of not living until the peace agreement and integrates Congolese Tutsis in the military and administration.
It is also promised to defend the interests of Tutsi, especially against the ethnic Hutu militia, such as democratic forces for the release of Rwanda (FDLR).
The Congo families are cautiously returned home while the M23 rebels supported in Rwanda take Goma, assure security
FDLR founded Hutus who fled Rwanda after participating in the 1994 genocide, which was killed near one million Tutsis and moderate huts.
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For more than a year, the M23 has controlled the Rubaya Rubaya Rubaya Rubaya Rubaya area, generating about $ 800,000 a month through production taxes, according to the United Nations.
Coltan is used in the production of smartphones and other equipment.
In recent weeks, the new territory has been expanding to gain more mining revenue, analysts say.
The huge mineral reserves of the Congo, which are concentrated in the east, are also played in conflict.
Congo is Tantalum and Cobalta’s best producer, a key component of electric vehicles and mobile phones. It is also the third global copper manufacturer and is home to the significant scales of Coltan, Litia, Tin, Volframa, Tantalum and Gold.
Nevertheless, Congo is the country that depends most on the help in the world.
Humanitarian operations last year were 70 percent funded by Washington, has Took a big shot Since US President Donald Trump imposed a break on foreign assistance last month.
The Government of the Congo, the UN UN officials, included the United States, accused neighbor Kong to Rwanda of guessing the conflict, arranging thousands of her own troops and heavy weapons on the Congoleus soil in support of M23.
The allegations are based on a UN report from 2022 in a group of experts who said they have “solid evidence” that the troops in Rwandam fought along with the M23 rebels.
The “M23” rebels who support Ruandan enter Kongo’s Gom in the main escalation
The Government of President Rwanda Paul Kagama, who denies the support of the rebels, says she has taken what she calls defense measures and accuses Congo of fighting with the FDLR, who attacked Tutsis in both countries.
Rwanda has a long history of military intervention within Kong.
IT and Uganda attacked in 1996 and 1998, claiming that they defended themselves against local militia groups and started after the 1994 -based genocide perpetrator.
African leaders have tried to advocate negotiations to alleviate the crisis, but have not achieved a lot of progress so far.
The common summary of the Eastern and South African blocks last weekend called on all sides, including the M23, to maintain direct conversations.
The government repeatedly refused to talk directly to M23.
Drc spirals in chaos, under the threat of rebels supported from Rwanda
“For us, this is a terrorist organization, and we do not talk to terrorist organizations,” said President Felix Tshisekedi at a safety conference in Munich on Friday.
The crisis was expected to be a highlight of the agenda on the annual Summit of the African Union in Addis Ababi 15th to 6th February.
Tshiseekeddi planned to attend, but the president’s spokesman told Reuters on Friday that he would fly from Germany in Kinshas and that the Prime Minister Congo would instead represent Congo on the summit.
What do peacekeepers do?
UN peace soldiers support the efforts of the Congol army to suppress the M23 as part of the Mission of the United Nations Stabilization in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Monusco) years of the year old year to counteract many rebel groups active in the eastern Congo.
The agreed withdrawal of a mission from Congo stopped last year due to a worse security situation.
Since December, there were almost 11,000 peacekeeping forces on Earth, mostly in the east.
From the fall of the Goma mission, the mission has evacuated part of its staff and family.
His base received a large number of people seeking refuge, including government and military officials and various elements, including the fight against the Prevlad’s Wazalendo State who handed over weapons.
The 16-member development community of southern Africa (Sadac), which expanded its military mission in Congo at the end of last year to help the Congolian army fight against the rebels, remained in place, but suffered losses from the beginning of 2025.
Private military performers hired by the Congenian government to help fight the M23 and train the troops also surrendered.
Burundi troops help Congo in the fight against M23.
The Burundi government sent thousands of soldiers, who are now concentrated in the southern Kivu.
They were among the forces that defended the Kavuma Airport before it fell.