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Thankfully, East African leaders have declared the start of peace negotiations before tensions rise. They want the DRC, where M23 rebels clashed with soldiers over the weekend just north of its important city of Goma, to be more stable.
According to army sources, the M23 and the Congolese military engaged in combat in Mwaro, a village 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of the commercial centre of Goma, which is home to a million people.
The seven-nation East African Community will take part in the peace negotiations, which will start on November 21st, 2022.
The Congolese army’s North Congress army claims to be engaged in combat with troops from Rwanda and Uganda, according to a Malcolm Webb article for Al-Jazeera. Despite Rwanda’s denial, it is widely believed that the rebel group is an agent of that country. People have therefore left in an effort to escape the fighting.
Community leaders on the opposing side of the frontline have informed us that approximately 60,000 people are trapped behind the front line in the territory controlled by the M23 rebel group. They have requested the establishment of a humanitarian corridor to allow them to flee the region before the fighting reaches them.
Congo and Rwanda are at odds because it is believed that the Rwandan government is secretly aiding the M23 rebels. Rwanda, though, has refuted the charge.
Recently, the M23 rebels have been making progress against the Congolese army, winning successes and taking over more territory.
The United Nations’ peacekeeping force in the DRC withdrew its personnel from the Rumangabo military outpost earlier this month, ceding more ground in the conflict with the M23.
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