Goma, Congo (APP)-Residents of Goma, the largest city in the Congo, were scared on Monday morning and undoubtedly who was under the control of the area after Rwanda-backed rebels. Claimed to occupy the cityAs soon as in recent times their fight with the Congress security forces has increased One of the longest wars of Africa.
Overnight, the bell rang across Goma, before dozens of men were seen marching in the city with their guns early on Monday morning, which is the capital of northern Kiyu province. It was unclear whether men – who were happy by some of the residents of the road – were M33 rebels. The Congolisi government has not confirmed the reported takeover.
The M -3 rebel group, which is on the back of neighboring Rwanda, is one of the about 100 armed groups that is ready for steps in the mineral -rich region Longer over the decades. According to the Congo government and UN experts, the rebels temporarily took over Goma in 2012 and was restored at the end of 2021. Rwanda has refused to support such.
Analysts have warned that the latest increase in hostility can further destabilize the region, which is already one of the largest human crises in the world, with more than 6 million displaced people. More than a third of the northern cue population According to a UN report, the displaced are among the displaced.
In a statement late Sunday, the UN Security Council called on the M33 to immediately flourish its progress.
The statement added that “Security Council members condemned the ongoing neglect of DRC’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The rebels announced in early Monday that they had arrested the city as they gave the Congress security forces to hand over their weapons. The rebels asked the Congress army to gather at the central stadium and urged the residents to remain calm.
Congress officials have said that the country is “in a war situation” and Rwanda has accused it of committing a “declaration of war”. The country cut off relations with Rwanda at the end of the week. Recent efforts for diplomatic talks The two countries failed.
The advanced war between the rebels and the Congress security forces reported in Goma is the end of a long war, during which several cities Fell to the rebels.
On Sunday, hundreds of residents marched in the heat and overnight with heavy traffic when they tried to escape from Goma to Rwanda, and took their children, clothes and other goods to their backs and heads.
“We are fleeing because we saw the soldiers on the border that Rwanda threw a bomb and fired.”
The United Nations Special Representative for Congo Bennto Kita told an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council at the end of Sunday that “we are trapped”, airports closed and roads were blocked.
Last week, at least 13 UN peacekeepers have been killed in hostilities. The UN peacekeeping army, also known as Monosco, entered the Congo more than two decades ago and has around 14,000 peacekeepers on its land.
The Uruguayan military said in a statement on the Social Platform X at the Goma, serving the UN peacekeeping mission, that more than 100 Congress soldiers were laying their weapons.
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Associated Press journalists Monica Perkzok and Wilson McCain, Dakar, Senegal. Edit MA leader in New York cooperated. Asado reported from Abuja, Nigeria. And from the Medic, Jerusalem.
