Thousands of people have fled as fighting between the Congolese army (FARDC) and M23 rebels continued in the territory of Nyiragongo, near Goma, the capital of North Kivu. On Sunday the United Nations denounced a 'deliberate' M23 attack on peacekeepers and the armed forces, who, they said responded in accordance with their mandate. On Monday, the Rwandan army accused the Congolese forces of having launched bombs into its territory and requested an investigation. The spokesman for the governor of North Kivu has denounced it as "a dramatisation of the situation" by the Rwandan armed forces. The M23 is a former Tutsi rebellion defeated in 2013 by the armed forces of the DRC which reappeared at the end of last year.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 25, 2022 01:48 UTC