Despite an ongoing ceasefire, rebels from the m23 group have engaged Congolese troops in shopping battles in the northern part of the kivu region.
Several civilians died, and many were injured after the violence erupted on Monday. The attacks come after days of calm with no incidences. Despite a ceasefire agreed to by Angola last week and set to begin at noon, fighting continued on Tuesday, with the rebels taking hold of new villages.
Since re-emerging from dormancy in late 2021, the M23 rebels have captured large swaths of territory in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, claiming the government ignored a pledge to integrate them into the army.
The m23 group is encircling the lakeside trade hub of Goma, gaining territory to the north and west of the city. According to sources, the town of Karuba has fallen into the hands of the rebels.
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"We attacked them in the night but this morning they launched a counter-attack, and, at the moment, the fighting is continuing," the source added.
M23 spokesman Willy Ngoma said that the group only depended on itself from attacks by the Congolese army. Congolese army's spokesman in the North Kivu region Lieutenant-Colonel Guillaume Ndjike said that Late Monday, the M23 and their Rwanda Defence Force sponsors attacked a newly deployed Burundian troops of an East African regional military force.
The democratic republic of congo has accused Rwanda of being behind the m23 uprising in congo, a claim backed by western countries and the united states. A report released by the European Union early this year warned Rwanda against supporting the rebel group and asked them to stop immediately.
Rwanda has denied financially supporting the m23 group adding that only Congolese can be blamed for issues affecting them. Tensions between the two countries have reached a boing point. Early this year, Rwanda announced that it no longer be accepting refugees from the wartorn central African nation
