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M23 rebels kill Governor Peter Chirimwami

Reports stated that the Rwandan -backed M23 rebels killed a military ruler as they were progressing through the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The fighting between the M23 and the Dr Congo army has intensified since the beginning of the year, as the rebels took control of more lands more than ever.

Northern Governor of Kivu State, Peter Serimmami, was killed by M23 fighters when visiting the confrontation line on Thursday, according to the United Nations documents, which was killed by news agencies Reuters and Agence France Presse.

More than 400,000 people have escaped their homes since the beginning of this year as M23 advanced in the city of Guma, according to United Nations reports.

While moving towards Goma, M23 seized the cities of Masisi and Minova.

Local leaders said on Thursday that more than 200 civilians were killed in the areas it seized M23.

According to the United Nations, two children died after bombs fell on a camp for the displaced.

As a result of these turmoil, Congolese President Felix Chesikde summed his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he returned on Thursday to hold urgent security meetings with senior officials.

The fall of Goma – a city of more than one million people located near the border with Rwanda – will be a major coup for the rebels. They seized the city shortly during a rebellion in 2012, but they withdrew after mediating in a deal.

Many roads leading to the city have now been banned, which raised fears that the city’s food supplies may run out.

“The city of Guma is held in a deputy, and the city is strangled, and there are no entrances to more entrances, and there are no longer exits … this population suffers greatly,”

Espoir Ngalukiye, a member of the opposition party, Pour La Republique, is also concerned with food access.

Mr. Nagaluki said: “In Guma, we are not real safe.” “No one lives in Goma can tell you that he is not afraid.”

On Thursday, the rebels seized the nearby town of SAKE, according to the United Nations, the United Kingdom and various other sources.

But the Congolese army said it had endured the attack on Saki, which is located only 20 km (12 miles) from Goma.

Al -Saki and the wider region – many of whom have already escaped because of the conflict – have fled their homes.

People escape bearing mattresses and other basics on their backs, while dozens accumulate in crowded wooden boats.

Thousands of families with panic fled to Ghauma, as hospitals were flooded with injured civilians.

The M23 has controlled vast areas of the Eastern Congo rich in minerals since 2021. As a result, hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced.

Last year, he was also afraid that the rebels would take over Guma. There was calm in the fighting in late July, but heavy fighting resumed in October, and was exacerbated at the end of the year.

Dr. Congo and the United Nations say M23 is supported by Rwanda. The Rwandan authorities do not confirm or deny this.

UN experts say Rwanda has between 3000 and 4000 soldiers working alongside M23 in the eastern Congo.

On Friday, UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterres warned that the current conflict risked an escalation to a broader regional war.

A statement said that Mr. Guterres called “all actors to respect sovereignty and regional integrity of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and put an end to all forms of support for armed groups.”

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2025-01-24 15:41:00

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