Kenayi President William Ruto said on Monday that Rwanda and the President of Congo agreed to attend a meeting on Wednesday to discuss the developments in East Congo, where M23 rebels say that the M23 rebels say that the Congo-Lundan border Control of Goma.
Ruto said during a press briefing, “We all agree that it is now an existence issue, not only for the people of Eastern DRC, but also for the region,”. “The situation of Eastern DRC now demands our collective attention.”
The clear acquisition of about 2 million cities, Goma, has inspired further violence and massive displacement. A Goma journalist told VOA by telephone that the fight was now running around the city airport, and it appeared to be growing. While he was speaking, the bullets could be heard in the background, and he cut the call to take refuge.
For years, the Congo has repeatedly accused Rwanda of supporting the M23 rebels – one allegation refuses Kigali. The Congo government on Monday said that the soldiers of the Rawandan government are in Goma. Kigali had no immediate response to the authorities.
The congregation government on Monday. In Monday’s post on Muaya, the government spokesman Patrick Muyaya said, “The Kangoli government has continued to work to avoid the loss of genocide and human life.
M23 spokesman Lawrence Kanuka told VOA that the rebellious group controlled the city over the weekend after rapid clashes with the Congo government forces.
The violence around the city has created widespread panic among its residents and displaced people, many of whom had already fled from violence in the surrounding area.
Mugunga, one of the biggest camps for the displaced people near Goma, is experiencing the hurry of new arrival.
“We ran away due to the fight last year, and now we are running again,” a woman said that refused to be nominated for security reasons. “We have no food, no shelter, and there is no idea where we will end. This is no life.”
As rebels fight to take full control of Goma, the situation is the sake of fluid in a major city near the west of the city of North Kivu province.
Reports show that a fierce fight between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo continues, known by its French brief Fardc.
On Friday, the Congo military spokesperson General Sylvan Alange announced the death of the head of North Kivu Governor, General Peter Sirimwami. The spokesperson said on the state media that the governor was “injured and was evacuated for Kinshasa, where efforts were made to take all efforts to take it for appropriation care. Untrue, he bowed to his wounds.
Humanitrian needs deeply
The conflict has already increased the serious human condition of the region. The United Nations reports that more than 5.5 million people have been displaced in Congo, many of them are in North Kivu.
People such as an internal displaced person, Lomu Beyondo Manuel want violence to be stopped. We are facing “a lot of difficulties”, the manual told VOA’s Swahili service. “We want to go back to our original homes. we want peace.
At the Mugunga camp, residents have been forced to take shelter in schools, abandoned buildings and even open fields. A demonstration woman begged for immediate intervention, saying, “We call the government so that we can return to our homes.”
The resurrection of the M23 has re -examined the regional actors. A recent United Nations report stated that Rwanda officials have played a direct role of Rwanda in the operation of M3, which Rwanda officials have rejected as baseless.
This story was generated in VOA’s Africa division.