In an official statement, the government spokesperson declared:<\/p>\n
\u201cIntelligence reports at our disposal indicate that the Rwandan army and M23\/AFC auxiliaries, under increasing pressure on several fronts, are preparing to carry out new massacres and targeted assassinations of civilians in the areas they illegally occupy. These barbaric acts are intended to instill fear, destabilize the region, and desperately blackmail our national army.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since the resurgence of fighting in North Kivu, tensions have intensified, with multiple reports pointing to serious human rights violations in territories under M23\/AFC control. According to Kinshasa and several international organisations, the group receives military and logistical support from Rwanda a claim Kigali denies.<\/p>\n
The Congolese government is calling on the international community to break its silence in the face of what it terms \u201cdisguised ethnic cleansing\u201d and a \u201cstrategy of terror.\u201d Authorities urge the United Nations, African Union, and bilateral partners to strongly condemn these actions and implement concrete measures against Rwanda for its alleged involvement in fueling the conflict.<\/p>\n
At the same time, the government reiterated that the FARDC remains committed to defending the country\u2019s territorial integrity and protecting civilians. \u201cOur army is on the ground, disciplined and resolute in its mission to restore order and security across the national territory,\u201d the spokesperson emphasized.<\/p>\n
As the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate in conflict zones, thousands of civilians are fleeing their homes, deepening an already critical crisis. Kinshasa is appealing for urgent mobilisation to assist displaced persons and restore peace in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In an official statement, the government spokesperson declared: \u201cIntelligence reports at our disposal indicate that the Rwandan army and M23\/AFC auxiliaries, under increasing pressure on several fronts, are preparing to carry out new massacres and targeted assassinations of civilians in the areas they illegally occupy. These barbaric acts are intended to instill fear, destabilize the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":"Kinshasa, April 13, 2025 \u2013 The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has once again sounded the alarm over what it describes as the planned commission of new atrocities by the Rwandan military and their M23\/AFC proxies in the country\u2019s eastern territories. According to Congolese authorities, these violent acts aim to terrorise the civilian population, weaken local resistance, and exert pressure on the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC)"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_review":[],"enable_review":"","type":"percentage","name":"","summary":"","brand":"","sku":"","good":[],"bad":[],"score_override":"","override_value":"","rating":[],"price":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"jnews_post_split":{"post_split":[{"template":"1","tag":"h2","numbering":"asc","mode":"normal","first":"0","enable_toc":"0","toc_type":"normal"}]},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5314],"tags":[245,4603,5577,847],"class_list":["post-17810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-fardc","tag-kinshasa","tag-m23-afc","tag-rwanda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kivuavenir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kivuavenir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kivuavenir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kivuavenir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kivuavenir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17810"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kivuavenir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17831,"href":"https:\/\/kivuavenir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17810\/revisions\/17831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kivuavenir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kivuavenir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kivuavenir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kivuavenir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}