Residents flee Goma as M23 rebels enter DRC’s largest eastern city | In Pictures News

The largest city in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was fleeing on Monday, a resident of Goma, when Rwanda -backed M -23 armed group claimed that it occupied the regional center with the Congolle forces. What is because the fight is still increasing. Withdrawal for the UN Security Council for insurgents.

Overnight, the whole of Goma rang the Goma before, before Monday morning, dozens of rebels moved to the capital of northern Kiyu, the northern Kiyu province, which is sitting on the border with Rwanda in a mineral -rich fluctuating region, which is from the world. Most important for technology.

The Congoli government confirmed the presence of M33 rebels in Goma, 1,500 km (930 miles) east of the capital Kansasa, but did not refrain from saying that they were under the control of the city.

In a statement on X, government spokesman Patrick Miaa asked the residents of Goma to stay home and also urged the Congress citizens around the world to mobilize in support of the country. “No centimeter will be missed !!!” Miaa wrote.

The March 23 Movement (M -3) is one of the nearly 100 armed groups that is ready to step into the mineral -rich region in a decades -long conflict. According to the Congo government and UN experts, the rebels temporarily assumed Goma in 2012, before they were forced to put them under international pressure, and increased by Rwanda at the end of 2021. It was restored with support. Rwanda has refused to support such.

Rwanda’s Foreign Affairs Ministry accused the DRC of failing to negotiate with M33, describing it as a “Congress rebel group” who is fighting to protect his community.

He said, this failure has long forwarded the fight that “offers a serious threat to Rwanda’s security and territorial integrity, and Rwanda needs a permanent defense currency”.

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