{"id":294466,"date":"2025-02-15T15:56:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T15:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/02\/15\/un-chief-sounds-alarm-on-dr-congo-fighting\/"},"modified":"2025-02-15T15:56:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T15:56:06","slug":"un-chief-sounds-alarm-on-dr-congo-fighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/02\/15\/un-chief-sounds-alarm-on-dr-congo-fighting\/","title":{"rendered":"UN chief sounds alarm on DR Congo fighting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/360\/36015893.295.jpg\" alt=\"The intensifying conflict in eastern DRC has provoked fears of a regional war\" title=\"The intensifying conflict in eastern DRC has provoked fears of a regional war\" width=\"295\" height=\"190\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The intensifying conflict in eastern DRC has provoked fears of a regional war<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">UN chief Antonio Guterres says the Democratic Republic of the Congo\u2019s (DRC) \u201cterritorial integrity\u201d must be preserved after M23 fighters attacked the eastern provincial capital of Bukavu.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing an African Union (AU) summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Saturday, Guterres said a \u201cregional escalation must be avoided at all costs\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The 55-nation body is meeting as Rwanda-backed M23 fighters claim to have taken control of Kavumu airport serving Bukavu, capital of South Kivu province, in eastern DRC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fighting that is raging in South Kivu \u2013 as a result of the continuation of the M23 offensive \u2013 threatens to push the entire region over the precipice,\u201d Guterres told leaders at the summit, without mentioning Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>Local media said explosions went off in Bukavu on Saturday morning, with casualties reported.<\/p>\n<p>With the spectre of a regional conflagration rising in eastern DRC \u2013 and international bodies increasingly sounding the alarm \u2013 the AU has been criticised for its timid approach and observers have demanded more decisive action.<\/p>\n<p>Al Jazeera\u2019s Catherine Soi, reporting from Kenya\u2019s capital Nairobi, spoke to M23 commanders who said they are in the process of \u201csecuring\u201d Bukavu.<\/p>\n<p>Army officers in Kavumu airport fled without a fight after seeing a bloody raid conducted by the armed group in Goma, said Soi. \u201cNow M23 has the control of both South Kivu and North Kivu, which have vast mineral resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>M23 now has control of Lake Kivu, as well, which is of strategic importance for the transfer of supplies between the two areas.<\/p>\n<p><b>Assault \u2018will not go unanswered\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Rwanda denies giving military support to M23 but has accused hardline Hutu groups in DR Congo of threatening its security. A report by UN experts said last year Kigali maintained about 4,000 soldiers in the DRC and had de facto control of the rebel group.<\/p>\n<p>Outgoing AU chair Moussa Faki Mahamat said on Friday \u201cthe ceasefire must be observed,\u201d adding there is a \u201cgeneral mobilisation\u201d among African nations to stop the clashes. Neither Rwandan President Paul Kagame nor his Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi attended Friday\u2019s AU meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Tshisekedi, speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Friday, urged nations to \u201cblacklist\u201d Rwanda, condemning Kigali\u2019s \u201cexpansionist ambitions\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The European Union said on Saturday it is \u201curgently\u201d considering all options in response to the widening rebel assault.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlarmed by news of Rwandan backed M23 forces seizing Kavumu airport and entering Bukavu, ignoring international appeals for ceasefire,\u201d European Commission spokesperson Anouar el-Anouni wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe EU urgently considers all the means at its disposal. The ongoing violation of the DRC\u2019s territorial integrity will not go unanswered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement follows an appeal from the European Parliament earlier this week urging the EU to suspend a minerals deal with Rwanda in response to Kigali\u2019s involvement in the offensive.<\/p>\n<p>Legislators in Strasbourg on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a non-binding resolution that also called for the bloc\u2019s 27-member states to freeze all direct budget support as well as military and security assistance to Rwanda.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The intensifying conflict in eastern DRC has provoked fears of a regional war UN chief Antonio Guterres says the Democratic Republic of the Congo\u2019s (DRC) \u201cterritorial integrity\u201d must be preserved after M23 fighters attacked the eastern provincial capital of Bukavu. 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