Dr. as rebels. Gunfire and looting in Congo city

There have been chaotic scenes in Bukavu in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as the M23 rebel group continues its aggressive in the region.

There were reports of sporadic gunfire and comprehensive looting in the city on Saturday, including a world food program depot, in which the residents were given shelter in their homes.

This follows conflicting reports about whether Rwanda -backed rebels entered the major city of Bukavu after progress in the region. On Friday, the M23 fighters seized Kavumu Airport north of Buvu.

The United Nations and the European Union have played an alarm over the deteriorating struggle.

A threat to attack a congregation by Uganda’s army chief is afraid that the conflict may provoke a broad regional war.

United Nations Secretary -General Antonio Guterres told an African Union Summit on Saturday that a regional growth should be avoided “at all costs” and “there was no military solution”.

“And the sovereignty and regional integrity of the DRC should be respected,” the Guterres continued.

The European Union said that it was “immediate” considering all the options after news from Bukavu.

“The ongoing violation of DRC’s regional integrity will not be unanswered,” this warned.

The Congo government accused Rwanda of chaos in the region to benefit from his natural resources – one claim has been denied by Rwanda.

Thousands of people have been forced from their homes in recent weeks as a result of rebel advances.

On Saturday, Bukevu’s roads were released as the residents hid in their homes.

A woman from the city said that the BBCs were escaping from going out as the bullets got out of the bullets and the youth looted and destroyed the shops.

“I have enough food for only three days. It is difficult for me to go out as a woman because I can be raped (by robbers or armed groups). We feel abandoned by officers.”

A spokesperson of the United Nations Assistance Agency told the Reuters News Agency that the depot of the World Food Program in Bukavu, which had 6,800 metric tonnes of meals, a spokesman said.

Cloud Kalinga said that the supply needs will deepen the difficulties in the need for theft. Due to the deteriorating security situation, the agency had already suspended its activities for weeks.

Conflicting reports have come on whether M33 fighters have entered Bukevu, as the group claims, and to what extent.

Two residents of Baghira’s Northern Buchvu suburb said that they had seen the rebels on the streets and there was no indication of fighting.

However, an M23 source, two congregations army officers and several Bukevu residents told Reuters on Saturday that the rebels have not yet entered the city center.

Bravu occupied, a city, which estimated the urban population of more than one million people, would represent an unprecedented expansion of the region in the control of M23 since the latest rebellion began in 2022.

Bukavu, which is the border of Rwanda, is at the southern end of Kivu Lake and is an important transit point for local mineral trade.

Meanwhile, on Saturday, the head of the Defense forces of Uganda, General Muhuji Kaneerugab said in a post on X that he would attack the city of Bania, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, until within 24 hours, a comprehensive struggle. To ignite the apprehensions.

Danger by Cairugaba, whose father is the President of Uganda, fears that the region slipped back into a broader war that reminds the conflicts in the 1990s and 2000s, killing millions of people.

Since 2021, Ugandan’s army has previously supported the Kangoli Army in its fight against Islamic terrorists, but United Nations experts say that Uganda has also supported the M23 group,