US EditionCombat Resumes Between M23, Congo Army in East DRC
Fighting has intensified over territorial control despite peace accords, displacing over two million people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo since January, the UN reported.
- On Monday, August 11, fighting continued around Mulamba town, about 80 kilometers southwest of Bukavu, despite a peace agreement, security sources told AFP.
- Following a late June peace agreement with Rwanda, the parties agreed to a ceasefire on July 19, but on Sunday both sides sent in reinforcements, signaling its breakdown.
- Both forces are using heavy weapons and “bombs are being fired in all directions at Mulamba,” a resident said, after clashes involving the M23 armed group and FARDC soldiers on Monday.
- More than two million people have fled violence in the east since January, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported, amid ongoing clashes between the army and M23 rebels.
- Monday, Kanyuka accused Kinshasa of planning large-scale conflict amid fighting since Friday around Mulamba.
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Fighting resumes in eastern DR Congo
Violent combat has broken out between the Congolese army and the M23 armed group in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo despite a peace treaty, security and local sources told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Monday, August 11. Kinshasa and the M23 signed a declaration of principles on July 19, in which they committed to a permanent ceasefire, following the signing of a peace agreement between the DRC and Rwanda in late June.
Congo army and rebels trade blame over clashes, troop buildup
KINSHASA (Reuters) -Congo's army on Tuesday accused Rwanda-backed rebels of carrying out multiple attacks in eastern Congo which it said violated agreements signed in Washington and Doha, and warned it reserved the right to respond to provocations.The army statement came a day after the rebel group, known as M23, accused Congolese forces of mobilising more troops and violating the terms of a declaration of principles signed on July 19 in Doha vo…
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lalsace.frThe ceasefire agreement signed on 19 July seems to be no longer held between M23 and the DRC army, where violent fighting has resumed in the east.
A ceasefire agreed in Qatar should satisfy the bloody conflict between the army of the DRC and the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels. Now the agreement is probably fragile.
There were again violent clashes between the army and the M23 militia. Eyewitnesses report "heavy weapons" in use.
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