M23 Rebels Resume Attacks in Eastern DRC After Two-Day Pause, Escalating Conflict and Displacement The M23 rebels have resumed their attacks on armed forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following a two-day lull. On Tuesday, the rebels struck near the village of Ihusi, located 40km from Kavumu’s strategic military airport and about 70km from Bukavu, South Kivu’s capital. This escalation marks a continuation of hostilities despite calls from regional leaders for an immediate ceasefire.

Deux personnes sont mortes et au moins cinquante maisons commerciales ont été calcinées dans un incendie survenu dans la nuit de jeudi à vendredi 17 janvier à Ihusi-centre, dans le groupement de Mbinga-Sud, au territoire de Kalehe (Sud-Kivu).

La dixième édition du festival Amani a débuté ce samedi 16 novembre au village Ihusi de Goma. Ce grand événement réunit au moins 18 milles festivaliers, venus de 18 quartiers de la ville de Goma et d’autres pays.

Trois personnes dont une femme et un enfant sont morts dans l’écroulement d'un mur de soutènement ce 28 décembre 2023 à Ihusi dans le territoire de Kalehe.

The fighters continue to advance in the South Kiva province, despite the calls of the ceasefire of regional leaders. The position of M23 rebels restored attacks on the armed forces in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after two -day peace in combat. The insurgents struck the fighters on Tuesday near the village of Ihusi, located 40 km (25 miles) from the strategic military airport in Kavum and about 70 km (43 miles) from Bukava, the capital of the province of South Kiv.

The M23 rebels have resumed attacks on armed forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after a two-day lull in fighting. Rebel fighters struck at dawn on Tuesday near the village of Ihusi, located 40km (25 miles) from a strategic military airport in Kavumu and about 70km (43 miles) from Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province. The M23, which claims to protect ethnic Tutsis, started advancing on South Kivu after taking control of North Kivu’s Goma in a bloody raid that killed thousands last month, resuming hostilities despite calls from 24 regional leaders for an immediate ceasefire.

Fafatawar ta yau Talata na faruwa ne a kusa da garin Ihusi mai tazarar kilomita 70 daga babban birnin lardin Bukavu da kuma filin saukar jiragen saman yankin mai nisan kilomita 40.

The fighting continues to progress on the province of South Kiva despite concealing the firears of regional leaders. The M23 rebels continued attacks on armed forces in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after a two-day shine in combat. The rebels hit the dawn near the village of Ihusi, located 40km from the strategic military airport in Kavum and about 70km (43 miles) from Bukavu, capital of South Kivu capital.

March 23 Movement (M23) Militants Clashed with Congolese Army Forces Near Ihusi, South-Kivu Province, Congo (DR)

Os rebeldes M23 retomaram ataques a forças armadas na República Democrática do Leste do Congo após uma pausa de dois dias na luta. Os combatentes rebeldes atingiram o amanhecer na terça -feira, perto da vila de Ihusi, localizados a 40 km (40 quilômetros) de um aeroporto militar estratégico em Kavumu e a cerca de 70 km (43 milhas) de Bukavu, capital da província de Kivu do Sul.

The armed group, which has gained ground against the Congolese army since it re-emerged in 2021, seized two towns on the road to Bukavu, the provincial capital of South Kivu, local and humanitarian sources told AFP. Ihusi and Kalehe, around 60 kilometres (37 miles) from Bukavu, were taken over as the group made its way down the highway alongside Lake Kivu, the sources added. One person living in Kalehe described seeing "numerous" fighters, adding that "We see them moving around without saying a word to people." In a statement, the government in Kinshasa called for an "emergency meeting" of the Southern African Development Community and the East African Community of states to "assess the situation and the consequences of this new act of aggression", calling for sanctions. SADC and EAC leaders who met in Tanzania last Saturday had urged their military leaders to come up with a plan for implementing an "unconditional" ceasefire from Thursday. There was a lull in fighting for two days after the summit but clashes resumed on Tuesday in Kalehe, around 30 kilometres from the strategic airport of Kavumu, which is still held by Congolese forces. Since the re-emergence of the M23, several peace talks hosted by Angola and Kenya have failed to halt the violence in the mineral-rich region. Rwanda denies military support for the M23 but the latest violence has strained already frayed ties between Kigali and Kinshasa. On Wednesday, RwandAir said DR Congo had shut its airspace to aircraft registered in Rwanda, forcing it to re-route flights. 'We will attack' Burundi, which borders both DRC and Rwanda, has sent around 10,000 soldiers to South Kivu to support the Congolese army. Its soldiers were involved in fighting against the M23 in the last few days on the plateau overlooking Lake Kivu, security sources said. "The one that is going to attack us, we will ourselves attack," Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye told locals in the border town of Bugabira on Tuesday, calling Rwanda a "bad neighbour". Ndayishimiye said earlier this month that he feared the conflict -- the latest episode of decades-long turmoil in eastern DRC -- could trigger a regional war. In Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu that fell to the M23 at the end of January, camps on the western edge of the city emptied after the armed group on Monday ordered displaced people to leave within 72 hours. In the Bulengo camp, families on Wednesday headed west on lorries and motorbikes after taking down their tents and shelters, AFP journalists said. "We cried, telling them that there are disabled and old people here but they told us to leave as we came," said Chantal Uwimana, a mother of 10 children. At a hotel in central Goma, a delegation of Congolese religious representatives from Kinshasa held talks with Corneille Nangaa, who heads the River Congo Alliance, a political-military grouping that includes the M23. Kinshasa has so far rejected any direct talks with the group. "Our priority is peace, that's why we've come to listen to them, to see how people live here," said Fulgence Muteba, head of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO). "There are many things that could be sorted out if Congolese got around a table," he added, saying that the country's President Felix Tshisekedi "had encouraged the initiative".

RD Congo, kunnafoniw na, M23 banbagaciw n'u dɛmɛ-ɲɔgɔn, Rwanda sɔrasiw  ye muguciw dabɔ kokura kunu ka ɲɛsin kɛlɛbolo ka daga dɔw ma Ihusi dugu kɛrɛfɛ, Sud Kivu mara kɔnɔ.

➡️ Batomboki ba M23 bakoti na Ihusi mpe Kelehe-centre na Sud-Kivu ➡️ Ndayishimiye akebisi Rwanda na kobundisa ekolo na ye na matata ma ye mazali kongala na est ya RDC ➡️ Bakambi ba bikolo bya Afrika bakokutana na Addis Abeba na likita lya mobu na mobu ya Union africaine

➡️ Batomboki ba M23 bakoti na mboka Ihusi mpe Kalehe-centre na Sud-Kivu ➡️ Cenco-ECC ekutani na AFC/M23 mpo na masolo ma kimya ➡️ Ndayishimiye akebisi Rwanda na kobundisa ekolo na ye na matata ma est ya RDC.