In Goma, electricity and flowing water are returned to most residential areas. Dr. Residents of Metropolis in the east of the Congo have passed through a dramatic period, as since a rebellious alliance, including the M23 militia, started its advance at the city in late January. After the days of fighting, it controlled Goma; According to the United Nations, 900 people were killed in enmity.
Power and water, however, are not enough to stabilize the humanitarian situation, as DW has learned on the ground. The challenges include burying a crowd of dead bodies before the spread of diseases. In addition, hospitals have reached capacity as thousands of injured people have to be treated in addition to standard operations.
DW visited a Red Cross Hospital, currently 290 patients with 146 beds. White turts have installed a bee on the site of a building building, with more injured people adjust.
“At this time, we need spending items and medicine – everything we need for daily care,” said the doctor of the emergency room Abduraman SIDIB. “Our storehouse was shot, which makes treatment difficult. We asked our colleagues to provide medicines, but we are waiting for ten days. This makes our work difficult.”
Unilateral M23 ceasefire – apparently broken
On Tuesday, a one -sided humanitarian ceasefire applies. There was no way to know whether the declaration of the Trus by the M23 -led coalition would help reduce the stress at least temporarily. In addition, Rwanda-supported M23 announced that it had “no intention of capturing other areas (…).”
Dr. In the Congo, both the army and the government reacted with suspicion.
The M23 group then snatched Nyabibwe, about 100 km (60 mi) south Kivu mining city of Nyabibwe from the regional capital Buchvu.
The M23 fighters said, “Say one thing and always do the opposite,” Army spokesperson Sylvan Acons told Reuters News Agency. “They ask to reorganize a ceasefire and strengthen their ranks.”
Announcing a ceasefire, it is beneficial, Stephanie Voltors said, for the Great Lex sector specialist at the South African Institute for Security Studies (ISS). If the side of the congregation violates the ceasefire, “this DRC rejuvenates the side,” the Voltors told DW.
Crisis peak and fear of war
Rwanda President Paul Kagame has already confirmed his participation at a crisis summit in Tanzania, calling the East African community on Saturday. Therefore, the President of Congo Felix Teskedi expects the statue.
According to United Nations and other experts, Rwanda M23 actively supports logical, military and even actively with its own soldiers. The government in Kigali clearly rejects search reports. Most of the M23 fighters are Tutsis, which is the ethnic group, who suffered in a massacre by the members of the Hutu majority during the 1994 Rawandan Civil War.
Not only because of rhetoric in Kigali and, in Kinshasa, there is a concern that the current growth may be another prominent. According to reports, Uganda has already increased its military appearance in Eastern Congo by some 1,000 soldiers. The current contingent is a total of 4,000 tonnes of 5,000 soldiers. Between 1996 and 2003, the mineral-rich region had already seen two wars, including several armed groups, with a final death of six million.
UNHCR demands a safe route for people, help
For more than 20 years that Sion was passed, the end of the second Congo was characterized by volatility: the presence of alternative militia besides fighting, firing and rape forced people to flee. Prior to the recent increase, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) counted a 4.6 million internal performance in the troubled provinces of North and South Kivu.
“We are hearing that there are obstacles and other difficulties for those who are demanding security.” “This is why we are calling for humanitarian aid and safe route for needy people.”
He said that UNHCR was yet to see an important influx of refugees in neighboring countries. “We should remember people in Eastern DRC, that they have already been displaced many times. They want to live in their country.”
At this time, political request was for pre -recognition that could put people pressurized to decide to cross borders for the neighboring country.
Bukavu resident: stay or go?
If the M23 and their colleagues continued their advance after the end of the ceasefire, more people may be forced to flee to South Kivu province. In the weekend, the rebel group was just 60 kilometers from the provincial capital Bukavu.
Prior to the declaration of the ceasefire, DW spoke with the resident, who asked to leave his city: “Goma is not far from Buchvu, where not her homes for three days. Well,” a woman told DW . Therefore, she wanted to run across the border for Burundi. If M23 is advanced on bukavu, many residents of the metropolis can take the same decision.
Zainum Zaidi contributed to Goma from Kinshhasa and reporting from Jonas Gering. This article was translated from German.
