The United Nations says that at least 700 people were killed in intense battles in sesame, the largest city in the eastern Congo Eastern Congo, from Sunday.
The United Nations Spokesman Stephen Dujaric said that 2,800 were injured because the M23 rebels supported by Rwanda captured the capital of North Kibu.
It is reported that the rebels are now moving south toward Bukabu, the capital of the southern kib.
The conflict in the eastern part of Congo dates back to the 1990s, but has been escalating rapidly in recent weeks.
The M23, which is composed of the ethnic Tuchi tribe, says that they are fighting for minority rights, but the government of Dr. Congo is a huge amount of minerals in the East region where Rwanda supports Rwanda. He says he is looking for control.
On Friday, Dujarric stated that the victim’s number was based on the World Health Organization and his partner, along with Dr. Congo’s government, along with Dr. Congo’s government and his partner.
The United Nations Spokesman warns that the number of deaths will rise further.
According to AFP News, Dr. Congo has set a defense line on the road between sesame and Bukabu to stop the M23 progress.
Hundreds of private volunteers have joined to protect Bukabu.
A young man tells AFP as follows. “I’m ready to die for my country.”
Jangjack, the governor of Southkib, told Prusus Sadiki -Reuters, the governor of the state M23, that the government and their allies were suppressing the anti -government forces, but the claims were confirmed independently. Not done.
Earlier this week, the M23 pledged to continue attacking until the west reached the capital of about 2,600 km (1,600 miles).
The country’s foreign minister, Thérèsekayikwambawagner, told the BBC that Rwanda is illegally occupying her country and trying to form a change of government.
Wagner has stated that the international community has not been responsible for the international law for decades and has not been responsible for violating international law.
Rwanda’s government’s spokeswoman Jolon De Makoro denied the accusation that the national army was deployed only to prevent the dispute from leaking to the territory.
“We are not interested in war, we are not interested in annexation, and we are not interested in changing governments,” said Makoro’s Newsday program.
Last year, UN experts estimate that Rwanda operates 3,000 to 4,000 units with M23 in the eastern part of Congo.
On Friday, the South African development community (SADC) regional blocks have declared Dr. Congo’s support at the Zimbabwe’s crisis summit.
In the statement, the group of 16 people reconfirmed the solidarity and unwavering commitments that continue to support DRC to protect independence, sovereignty, and territorial completion. “
Sadc, mainly, sent a peacekeeping army from South Africa to Dr. Congo, fought against armed groups such as the M23, and after several decades of anxiety, restored peace in a local area.
16 soldiers in South African countries were killed last week in a collision with M23 around sesame.
The battle also worsened the humanitarian crisis in the eastern part of Congo.
The UN World World Food Program Sherry Takral said that city residents lack food, clean water and medical supplies.
“When everything is closed, considering land access and air access, the supply chain is currently being squeezed and killed,” she told AFP.
According to the UN refugee agency, more than 400,000 people have been kicked out of the house since the start of 2025.
Dr. Congo is adjacent to the second largest country in Africa (about two -thirds of Western Europe) and nine countries.
Previous conflicts in the 1990s gathered with several neighbors and were called World War Africa.
