The rebels supported in Rwanda who caught the largest city of Eastern Congo on Thursday said on Thursday that they wanted to fight in the Dalek capital, Kinshas, while President Congo called for a massive military mobilization to resist the rebellion and his defense minister rejected calls to talks .
In the video, Defense Minister Congo Guy Kabobo Muadiamvit said he had sent plans for any dialogue with the rebels to “burn completely”.
“We will stay here in Congo and fight. If we do not stay alive here, let’s stay dead here,” said Muadiamvita, a close ally of President Congo.
At the briefing where they tried to confirm their control over the eastern city of Gom and the surrounding territory in the neighboring province of South Kivo, the M23 rebels said they would be open to the Government dialogue, which was also proposed by the East African regional block, of which Rwanda is a member.
Their motive, however, is to gain political power, said Corneille Nanga, one of the political leaders of the M23, during the briefing.
“We want to go to Kinshas, take power and lead the country,” Nanga said. He did not indicate that the rebels planned to advance in the capital, more than 1500 kilometers away.
Rwande leader Paul Kagama said he spoke with President Angola Joao Lourenco – an intermediary in a conflict that also met with the Congo leader the day before – and both leaders have committed to work with other African countries to deal with hostilities.
Congo’s president vows “a strong, coordinated answer”
The UN spokesman said the agency was “upset” by reports that neighboring Rwanda forces had crossed the border in the direction where the rebels say they are progressing.
The M23 rebels supported about 4,000 soldiers from Rwanda, according to the UN experts, far more than in 2012, when they first captured Goma. They are one of more than 100 armed groups fighting for the east-rich Mineral Congo, which holds huge deposits that are estimated to be valid $ 24 in the US and are critical for most of the world technology.
Meanwhile, Congole President Félix Tshisekedi urged young people to apply to the army, as the key meeting of neighbors asked the Congolian government to talk to the rebels. Rwande leader also threatened to “deal” with any conflict with South Africa, which complained that the fighting in Eastern Congo had left the dead peacekeeping forces of South Africa.
Despair, robbery and bodies on the streets are reported in the crowd, after the M23 rebels supported M23 supported that they had captured the City of Congo. This is the last move after years of fighting in the east of a rich mineral.
In his first public remarks since the M23 rebels entered Gom on Monday, Tshisekedi had vowed “a strong and coordinated response” to push the rebels from his forces, at the same time confirming his commitment to peaceful resolution.
On Thursday, he met with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noëlu Barrot, Kinshasi, the Congo’s Presidency said on X, noting that France provided significant support to the Congo at recent UN meetings on the issue.
“[Congo] He expects a little more action despite this crisis, “he added.
Dead bodies, robbery in a bunch
Goma was mostly without electricity and water on Thursday, as the bodies of several alleged government soldiers lay on the streets.
The M23 rebels followed about 2,000 government soldiers and police officers who said they had surrendered to the undiscovered location, some of whom sang anti-tetics songs.
Bruno Lemarquis, UN’s humanitarian coordinator in Congo, said that basic services are largely paralyzed in a crowd, humanitarian center that is critical of more than six million people displaced by conflict.
“After a few days of intense conflict, the city is now [faced] With huge humanitarian needs and a serious influence of response capacity, “Lemarquis said.
The shots from Goma showed residents that carry food products and goods robbed from stores and warehouses in the city.
“This will make something worse the dangerous cycle of violence because desperate times require desperate measures,” an ambulance coordinator said on Thursday in Eastern Congo in Eastern Congo.
After capturing most of Goma, the rebels progressed towards the capital of the Province of South Kiva, Bukava, causing fear and panic among residents, witnesses said on Thursday.
Who are m23 and what do they want?
The chaotic situation with the M23 has its roots in ethnic conflict, stretching to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, when Hutus and the former militia were killed by 800,000 Tutsis and others. M23 says he defends ethnically Tutsis in Congo.
Rwanda claimed that Tutsis persecuted Hutus and others involved in genocide. Many Hutus fled to Congo after 1994.
Unlike 2012, when the rebels took away Congo for days, observers say their withdrawal could be harder. The rebels strengthened Rwanda, which he believes to convert his interests in the region and have not fulfilled the requirements of previous peacekeeping agreements, according to Muritti Mutiga, the program director of Africa in the crisis group, Think-Tank.
“Ultimately, this is the failure of African mediation, [because] The warning signs have always been there. Kigali accepted very Belly rhetoric, and the Congo Government also adopted a very, very aggressive rhetoric, “Mutiga said.
