Rwanda denies accusation its troops are backing assault on eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Goma city by M23 militia which has advanced on a new front, seizing two districts in South Kivu province.
Rwanda denies accusation its troops are backing assault on eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Goma city by M23 militia which has advanced on a new front, seizing two districts in South Kivu province.A member of the M23 armed group holds position behind barbed wire as civilians fleeing ongoing clashes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo cross the border into Rwanda at the La Corniche Border Post in Gisenyi on January 29, 2025.
DRC says Rwanda backs M23 and Rwandan forces helped M23 militants capture Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, on Monday. Nduhungirehe said the loss of Goma weakened DRC President Felix Tshisekedi and his only option was to negotiate with the rebels. As ethnic conflict between Hutus and Tutsis persists as one of the causes of fighting today, Rwanda claims that Rwandans who participated in the country's 1994 genocide fled to DRC and the Congolese military has integrated or supported them.On Wednesday morning, the M23 faced no resistance in seizing Kiniezire and Mukwidja in neighbouring South Kivu, a local source and residents said.
In South Kivu, the DRC's armed forces have established their main line of defence in the city of Kavumu, which has an airfield. "They will continue in South Kivu, because Goma cannot be an end in itself," said Vincent Karega, Rwanda's roving ambassador for the Great Lakes region. Tshisekedi instead flew to Angola for talks with his Angolan counterpart Joao Lourenco as the EAC heads of state met virtually over the security situation in Goma.
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