Rudan-supported M23 rebels announce ceasefire announcement in DRC Conflict News

The M23 armed group said he would stop progressing in the Dr. Congo for humanitarian reasons.

The Congo Democratic Republic said that Rwanda supported forces (DRC) will suspend their progress in the east of the country for humanitarian reasons.

AFC / M23 rebel coalition will implement a unilateral ceasefire that started on Tuesday on Monday. Neighbor Rwanda, the group, which was supported by thousands of soldiers of the neighbor Rwanda, the main city of Goma, Eastern DRC, 900 people of the United Nations have been killed, hundreds of thousands of people are expelled, he said.

Calls were installed for a humanitarian corridor to be built to avoid the fight. However, the DRC government was not immediately commented on the announcement of Kinshasa, and it is not clear that the country’s army will be respected to ceasefire.

“The ARANS Fleuve Congo (AFC / M23) states that due to the cinse regime, the security guard declares a ceasefire for the humanitarian reason on February 4, 2025,” he said in the Rebels X.

From the Alliance of the Congo River Dated February 3, 2025 (AFC / M23) Official Press Comment pic.twitter.com/tcsj4g9noe

– Lawrence Kanyuka (@Lawrencekanyuka) 3 February 2025

Goma, a city for the great mineral wealth of two million people and the house, rebels, previously opposed Bucavu in East DRC sweeping to the DRC to get equity.

However, they said they had to attack the city of the city.

“It should be clear that we do not intend to capture bukavu or other areas. However, we repeat our commitment to protect and defend our civilians and positions,” said M23 spokesman Lawrence Kanuka.

The UN is rescued from the Goma streets of at least 900 bodies on Monday, but the number of actual deaths is higher, but also, including those who are not carried in total morgue and bodies, are slowing down.

According to reports, local authorities also reported that 2,900 people were injured in 2,900 people.

Peace talks?

Break announcement in the battle, the presidents of the weekend Congo and Rwanda came before the expected regional summit.

DRC President Felix Tshisekedi and President Paul Kagame, Paul Kagame, could not try to try peace before. However, Kenya, who was rotating the rotating presidency of the East African Society, suggested that the couple will return.

Foreign Ministers from Monday (G7), called on the parties in the conflict to return to negotiations and called “a fast, safe and non-burning transition to civilians.”

The battles in DRC are associated with the decades of the conflict of the case. M23, Ethnic Tutsis, who fled to DRC, fled the genocide in 1994 in Rwanda.

The DRC accuses the rebels that plunder the resources of the country, which includes wide deposits of Rwanda and rare lands.

Long-term conflict left many people in the region in need of IDPs and humanitarian aid.