Despite the ceasefire calls from regional leaders, fighters continue to move forward in southern Kiwu province.
M23 rebels have launched attacks on armed forces in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after a two -day greed in a two -day battle.
On Tuesday morning, rebel fighters were located 40 km (25 miles) from a strategic military airport in Koomo, near Ehosi village, and 70 km (43 miles) from Boko, the capital of Kyo Province.
M33, which claims to protect ethnic pitches, began to advance to South Kiwu after controlling North Query Goma in a bloody raid, killing thousands of people last month, who immediately The ceasefire was launched by 24 regional leaders.
Bokovo has been preparing for M -3 aggression for several days, closing schools on Friday when residents started running away and shops closed for fear of a descent attack.
Meanwhile, people fleeing a homeless camp in the west of the North Query’s capital, Goma, claimed that the M -3 Colonel had entered the site on Sunday and ordered them to go within three days.
M23, while issuing a statement on Monday, denied the allegations, saying that people are voluntarily leaving the Bilongo Camp, and returning to the one that it has “safe houses in independent areas” Has said
Al Jazeera’s Malcolm Web, who was reporting Kenya’s Nairobi, said Bokovo’s “restless” residents were waiting to know if “M23 and its supporters” were able to advance on Bokovo “Bokovo. Will He added that many people have been living in the “swollen camp” for two years and did not know that they had houses in which they could return.
“Most of them now appear to begin the journey. Some other people have said they will wait and see if they are forced to go and when they are forced to go,” he said.
On Saturday, 24 East and South African leaders called for a “quick and unconditional” ceasefire within five days in the DRC, fearing that the conflict would spread to neighboring countries.
The UN says the conflict has forced 6.7 million people from their homes inside the country, most of the northern and southern Kiyu provinces, where violence and insecurity have increased since 2021, with the restoration of M33 rebels. –
The latest violence has forced more than 500,000 from their homes since the beginning of the year, which has put more pressure and at least homeless camps under extreme pressure.
The United Nations estimated earlier this month that about 3,000 were killed in clashes between M33 and Congress forces in Goma.
Kodako attack
Elsewhere in the DRC, Kodico armed group fighters, one of the groups fighting on land and resources in the east, attacked at least 35 civilians in an attack on the Pocket Group of villages in the Jogo area of ​​Atory Province. Dinned.
The attacks began at 8 pm on Monday evening, with many people, Jean Wei, the head of the village group, Jane Wenny, many people started with “burning their homes”.
Some officials in the area are reporting that more than 50 people, including children, may be killed, the Web said. He said that the armed group has dominated a part of the Attori province, and has controlled many gold mines.
The United Nations has in the past accused Kodico of attacks against other communities, including Hema Red, who can counter war crimes and crimes against humanity. The majority of residents in the Jogo area are Hema.
