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M23 rebel group gained grounds in the country’s east with residents reporting two more towns including Kiwanja have been taken over by rebels over the weekend.
In a statement, Senegalese President Macky Sall who doubles as the chair of African Union, and the chair of AU commission Moussa Faki Mahamat expressed “extreme concern at the deteriorating security situation in Eastern provinces in the DRC.”
They called “on all the parties to establish an immediate ceasefire, respect international law, the safety and security of civilians and the stability at the borders of all countries in the region.”
They urged “all stakeholders to engage in a constructive dialogue within the existing mechanism of the African Union’s Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC and the region, and the East African Community’s Inter-Congolese peace dialogue.”
The rebel advance has also sparked tensions between DR Congo and Rwanda after Kinshasa expelled Kigali’s envoy, claiming that Rwanda is supporting the rebel forces.
The joint AU statement expressed its “full support to the Luanda Roadmap aimed at normalising the political relations between the DRC and Rwanda stressing that the initiatives by the AU, EAC and ICGLR are complementary and mutually reinforcing.”
In fact, people must refrain from fighting themselves for senseless instead they would stick on themselves in term of agricultural activities, education, pursuit of happiness, and many amongst others. What is happening in Congo (DRC) will likely engulf the East Africa into political upheaval.
However, it would be very hard for people to live in a comfort situation since there is an eminent of food insecurity across the regions of Africa as well as in the international communities.
Therefore, the current warfare situation in between Ukraine and Russia can prove it to us in a sensible sanity instead of seeking around for any variable questions, something couldn’t be rather than obvious if we can sense it on our own perceptions.