Seven group’s foreign ministers condemned the March 23 attack (M23) in the Congo Oriental Democrat, at a time when Burundi warned that conflict there threatened a “general regional war”, and the health organizations have warned of the trigger of new serious serious illnesses in the conflict zone.
In a statement published by Canada, which chairs the group of seven, the group’s foreign ministers said yesterday, Saturday – that they were concerned about the seizure of Minova, Saki and Goma, “in the east of Congo And urged all parties to protect civilians.
The group’s foreign ministers said: “This attack is a blatant ignorance of the sovereignty of the Democratic Republic of Congo and its territorial integrity,” noting the sharp increase in the number of displaced civilians and the deterioration of humanitarian conditions.
For its part, Burundi warned that the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo threatens a broader regional war.
“If things are continuing this way, war has risked distributing in the region,” said Burundi president on Saturday, Evarest Nadishimi. He added that this danger “not only will be limited to Burundi, but in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya, it is the whole region, it is a threat.”
“Burundi itself has at least 10,000 soldiers from the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, which shows the complex nature of the conflict,” said the military source of Burundi.
Rwanda accuses Burundian forces of actively engaging in the fight against M22.
Several forces of Purondi, located there, were republished under a former military agreement with Kinshasa, in the capital of the province of South Kivu Bukavo.
A report by United Nations experts last July, Rwanda has around 4,000 soldiers in the Congo eastern Democratic Republic, accusing Kigali of controlling “de facto” on the M23 movement.
Rwanda denies any military involvement and confirms that its objective in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is to eliminate an armed group led by Huto, which was trained following the Rwanda genocide in 1994.
But the Democratic Republic of Congo accuses Rwanda of seeking to take advantage of rare minerals in the region, which is used in technology such as smartphones around the world – an assertion that Kigali also denies.
Victims and risks
On Saturday, Congolese authorities said that at least 773 people had been killed in Goma, the largest city in eastern Congo, and the surroundings since the M2 and the Rwandan forces entered the capital of the North Region Kivu Goma last Sunday.
The representative spokesperson for the Congolese government, Patrick Moyaya, said in a press release in the capital, Kinshasa
He also suggested increasing the number of deaths, saying: “These figures remain temporary because the rebels asked residents to clean the streets of Goma. There must be mass pits, and the Rwandians have been eager to ‘evacuate their graves. “
Hundreds of residents of Guma returned to the city – yesterday, Saturday – after the rebels promised to restore the basic services, including water and electricity supplies. They cleaned up the districts full of weapons and the smell of blood.
While the fighting stopped to a large extent in Goma, witnesses said that there was a dangerous shortage of criticism and fuel. Congo authorities have hesitated to give priority to the supply of the city, which is largely under the control of the rebels.
The African Union Public Health Agency warned that the fighting in Ghauma had sparked a “complete public health emergency”.
The head of the “Center for Disease Control and Prevention” in Africa, Jean Cassia, said that even before recent violence, difficult conditions, as well as insecurity and mass exodus, led to feed the M virus -23. “”
“If decisive measures are not taken, it will not be only bullets that will lead to people’s lives – but rather the uncontrolled propagation of epidemics of potential and potential epidemics,” added Cassia.
The United Nations and the Rescue Community said that Ghauma’s seizure had led to a horrible humanitarian crisis. Guma is a very important humanitarian center for many of the 6 million people displaced due to the conflict in eastern Congo. The rebels said they would go to the Congolese capital Kinshasa, 1600 km to the west.