The M23 armed group progresses on strategic zones in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after taking two key cities, the United Nations have warned, emphasize the threat of regional conflict.
Recent weeks have seen the rapid advancement of M23 from Rwanda who seized the huge streaks of the East DRC, including GOMA and Bukava.
“If our information is accurate, (M23) continue to progress towards other strategic areas in the north and southern kiva,” Special Envoy of the UN Secretary for the Great Lake, Huang Xia, said the Security Council.
He said while “deep intentions of M23 and their support” other unknown “, is the risk of a regional conflict more real than ever,” adding that such a conflict would have “catastrophic” consequences.
The struggles of the last weeks raised fears from the repeated war of another Kong, since 1998. until 2003, which was pulled out in several African countries and resulted in millions of death from violence, disease and hunger.
The UN peacekeeping mission in the DRC (Monusco), Bintou Keita, also expressed concern about the advance M23 – now “on the joint of three boundaries between the DRC, Rwanda and Burundi.”
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2025-02-20 07:44:00
