The DRC leader commits a “strong” answer as fighters supported in Rwanda | News of the conflict
The Democratic Republic of Congo vowed the “strong” military response against the Rwanda fighters, who further progressed to the mineral east of the country after seizing most of the capital of the region.
Capture the M23 supported by the M23, the capital of the Northern Kiva Province, has been a dramatic escalation of a perennial campaign in recent days, which has seen that it captures parts of the territory in the Eastern Drc.
M23, Movement March 23, among a series of rival armed groups in Eastern Drc, which has been tormented by internal and cross-border violence for the last three decades.
The M23 offensive has withdrawn the continent, with regional blocks in East and South Africa calls for emergency ingredients, and the United Nations, the United States, China and the European Union inviting the end of the fight.
Drc President Felix Tshisekedi, in his first note since the M23 rebels captured most of Goma, said in a late-night address on Wednesday that he was “an energetic and coordinated response against these terrorists and their sponsors.”
He made the “silence and inactivity” of the international community, calling it “Aphronth” despite the “unprecedented exacerbation of the security situation” that could lead to “straight to escalation” in the wider Large Lake region.
Tshiseekeddi refused to participate in crisis conversations with his colleague President Rwand Paul Kagame early on Wednesday.
After a virtual meeting, the regional block of Eastern Africa “called for a peaceful resolution of conflict,” urging DRC to “directly cooperate with all stakeholders, including M23”.
In a late -night post on social media, Kagama told President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphos that his country “was unable to take over the role of a peacemaker or mediator.”
Thirteen South African soldiers were killed last week in DRC, where they were part of the UN peace force, as well as a mission of the southern African development community in Drc (Samidrc).
Kagame said that Samidrc “is not a peace force and that there is no room in this situation.”
The 16-state developmental community in South Africa will hold a special summary for a crisis on Friday in Zimbabwe.
Angola, which in the past has mediated a ceasefire between the DRC -and M23 army, has also invited the leaders of Congo and Rwand to meet urgently in her capital, Luada.
