(Security): Fierce Fighting has Resumed in Eastern Congo after Days of Ceasefire

 

In Eastern Congo, fighting with heavy weapons has resumed on Thursday, December 1, 2022, between the M23 rebels and the Congolese army. This was after five days of a truce following the decisions of the Luanda summit on November 23, 2022.

The Luanda summit had decided on a ceasefire from Friday, November 25, 2022, to be followed two days later by the withdrawal of the M23 rebels from the areas conquered for several months in the province of North Kivu.

No withdrawal was observed. But the fighting had ceased since Saturday morning between the army and the M23 rebels. Though there were some few isolated issues where many civilians are believed to have been killed.

This was followed by a resumption of fighting between the rebels and the armed forces of the DRC (FARDC) on Thursday, in Kirima, about ten km from the town of Kirizi.

According to president of the Civil Society of Bambo, Paul Lutibahwa, "Since the morning, fighting has resumed between the FARDC and the M23 in Kirima. The rebels crossed the bridge towards Kibirizi after the fighting the day before yesterday in Kishishe. There is panic".

A security source, on condition of anonymity, accused the M23 rebels of violating the ceasefire and of "continuing to loot and fight". "The fighting is violent, we are using heavy artillery" against the M23, another Congolese army officer reportedly said.

According to Julson Kaniki, Head of Civil Society in Kibirizi, the prospect of the rebels arriving in this town has also caused panic. "People are starting to flee".

The question is, untill when in Africa? 

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