M23 rebellion in the DRC: fighting, panic and diplomacy

A movement of panic took hold of the Kanyiaruchinia displacement camp, at the entrance to Goma, on Tuesday, November 15, 2022. A large part of the families who had found refuge there fled, fearing intrusions by the M23.

REUTERS - ARLETTE BASHIZI

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In the DRC, the guns continue to speak north of the city of Goma.

The Congolese soldiers are still facing the M23 rebels, causing population movements.

For several days now, the fighting has been concentrated in particular north of the city of Goma.

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Although the fighting continued for part of the day, there was no change in the positions.

In northern Rutshuru, the situation in Mabenga is stable.

To the west, there are still uncertainties about the fate of Tongo, on the other side of Virunga Park.

Finally, about twenty kilometers north of Goma, the Congolese soldiers are still facing the M23 in Kibumba, the last security lock before the provincial capital.

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 ", said this evening the military governor of North Kivu who calls on the population to remain calm in the face of rumours.

He refers to a movement of panic which took hold of the camp for displaced persons of Kanyiaruchinia, at the entrance to Goma, this afternoon.

Many of the families who had taken refuge there fled, fearing intrusions by the M23.

This was just before the arrival of the former Kenyan president and facilitator of the East African community.

Uhuru Kenyatta who spoke of a humanitarian disaster.

The displaced have therefore taken the road to Goma, their last refuge, according to a civil society official who confides a little disappointed: “ 

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