Second Dr. Congo City Falls for Rwanda-supported rebels

Rawandan-supported M23 rebels have entered the second largest city of Bukavu in Congo, seizing the Eastern Governor’s office.

Some people rejected the roads to clap on the streets and cheer the fighters as they marched and went to the center of the city without any resistance. It is the second city after Goma to fall for rebels in the mineral-rich region in the last few weeks.

The Kangoli government has accepted its decline and urged the residents to stay at home “to avoid being targeted by the occupied forces”.

The United Nations and European countries have warned that the latest aggressive, which has seen hundreds of thousands of people from their homes, can lead to a broad regional war.

A resident in Bukavu, who asked to remain anonymous due to concerns for his safety, told the BBC on Sunday that most people were still afraid to leave their homes.

“Children and youth took weapons since yesterday. They are shooting everywhere in all directions, they are robbing,” he said.

“This morning entered the M23 and was acclaimed by the people, it was very happy to see them. We don’t know if they are afraid or because they found that there were no officers in the city.

“The place where I live in crackers (bullets) can still be heard.”

On Friday, M23 captured the main airport of Buwavu, which is about 30 km (18 mi) a north of the city -and then slowly moved towards the city, which is the capital of the South -Kivu province.

The provincial governor, Jean-Jac Purusi Aadhiki, confirmed the Reuters News Agency that the fighters were at the center of the city of Bukevu till Sunday morning, saying that Kangoli soldiers had withdrawn to escape the urban fight.

It left a security vacuum in the city on Saturday, including an chaotic scenes to play out, including an alleged prison break from the Central Jail.

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said a warehouse was looted with about 7,000 tonnes of food.

The city of about two million people at the southern end of the Kivu border is Rwanda and is an important transit point for local mineral trade.

Its collapse represents an unprecedented expansion of the region for M23 as his latest rebellion began in late 2021 – and is a blow to the government of President Felix Tskedi.

Government spokesperson Patrick Muaya said that through the violation of Rwanda expansionist ambitions and human rights, Dr. Was violating the regional integrity of the Congo.

The Congo government has accused Rwanda of sowing anarchy in the region – as well as the soldiers on the ground – so it can benefit from its natural resources, some kigali refuses.

President Tskedi wants his hostil counterpart Paul Kagame to face the latest unrest.

But President Kagame has rejected such dangers – and repeatedly stated that Rwanda’s main priority is its protection.

Dr. He has long been angry as the failure of the congregation authorities to deal with the Congo-based FLDR rebel group, which he sees as a threat to Rwanda.

The group is formed by some members of the ethnic Hutu militia accused of involvement in the 1994 massacre in Rwanda, when about 800,000 people were killed over 100 days, mainly from the Tutsi ethnic group.

Test-LED M23 soldiers gathered at Place Day L’Independence at Central Bu much on Sunday, where one of its commanders, one of Bernard Bamungu, was filmed to chatting and answering their questions in Swahili.

He urged government forces to surrender to “hiding in homes” – and accused the army of spreading terror to rob local youth to rob local youth.

African Union (AU) – which has lived at a major state summit in Ethiopia later this week – requested to repeat the M33 again.

“We are all very concerned about an open regional war,” Reuters have called AU’s peace and security commissioner Bankol ADO.