The United Nations said that in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city Goma, now the M23 rebels, the crisis is deteriorating for internal displaced people.
Rehabilitation camps in and around Goma hosted some 4 million people, who have fled for years of violence in Eastern Congo, including a fight between the congregation government forces and the Rwanda -backed M32 soldiers in Massey, Rutshuru and Nyagongongo areas Is.
Within Goma, there were estimated to displace 696,000 people internally displaced in camps. Now, M23 leaders have ordered them to lead and return to their homes.
The United Nations accused the M23 of forcibly closing refugee settlements and displacing more than 110,000 people in a few days.
M23 Rebel spokesperson Lawrence Kanuka claimed that the allegations were “promotions” and said that people were leaving Goma voluntary:
“Unlike the propagation of Kinshasa rule, some enhanced, internal individual (IDPs) are voluntarily returning to one-to-one houses from now on the AES, which are enhanced by biased media outlets.”
This is wrong.
The United Nations partners on the ground in Goma reported that on 10 February, M23 issued a 72 -hour ultimatum to the internal displayed people to leave Goma and return to their villages. A day later, the M23 rebels abolished refugee settlements and forced the displaced people to flee.
Jens Larke, Och, Spokesperson of Humanitraian Affairs, United Nations, Jens Larke, “with the people of the United Nations, due to the disadvantage of Humanitrian Infrastructure, leads to the loss of humanitarian infrastructure at the sites.” Office, said on 11 February.
In one of the disposal camps in Goma, internal displaced people told Al Jazira that “M23 Colonel had entered the site and ordered to leave the day of being taken.”
The M23 rebels captured the mineral rich city of Goma in Eastern DRC on 29 January.
He claims that people are returning to their “home from home in free area”, misleading.
Most of the displaced people living in the camps do not have to go anywhere, their houses have been destroyed. The United Nations says that they are now seeking asylum in the region that does not control the M23, expands the humanitarian crisis.
The M23 claims that its rebels have “freed” the area that has captured, so it is misleading. The reality is that more than 2 million people live in areas that face violence and serious sanctions. The M23 is trapped in the control of the rebels, who have cut very important humanitarian aid and have closed all the roads inside and outdoors inside Goma, including Goma International Airport.
M23 aggressive on bukavu
In the same statement, the M23 spokesperson claimed that the group decided to move forward on the city of Buwavu, as it has heard “desperate crying of the civilian population in Bukevu” where the Congress soldiers and its friendly countries have continued “. “Inaccurate atrocities against citizens including murders and comprehensive loot.
This claim is also not factual.
The M33 rebels made a new aggressive start at Bukevu, the capital of South Kivu, when DRC officials refused to attach MA 23 to be attached to a terrorist group.
In addition, South Kivu, the house of various ethnic groups, searches as Shi, Phuliru, Bashi and Barga, opposing the M23 rebels on a large scale.
Reuters said on 11 February that “Further fighting in South Kivu province will also add wide war possibility to the presence of Burundian soldiers, support the Congo, and the more Rwandan Sabha report to support M33 on the border to support M33 . ,
While Congress forces and rebels have been accused of human rights violations, Rights Watchdogs say, M3 can come.
The United States and the United Nations in January 2013 approved M23 for mass murders, sexual violence against women and girls and other human rights atrocities.
“The M23 armed group has done a summary execution and forced recruitment of citizens in the Eastern DRC,” said New York -based Human Rights Watch.
