More than 2,000 corpses They have buried themselves in the city of Gomain the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (RDC)and its surroundings for the fighting between the Congolese army and the rebel group March 23 Movement (M23) From the week it passes, as reported by the Government spokesman of the RDC, Patrick Muja.
“The services of the Ministry of Health has informed me that More than 2,000 corpses have been buried, so that they have an idea of the massacres that have been committed In the city, “Mujaya said late Monday in statements that local media collect on Tuesday.
This figure, however, does not take into account the number of people who have been buried in common gravessaid, on the other hand, the Minister of Interior and Security, Jacquemain Shababani, who participated with the spokesman in a night press conference in Kinsasa.
The number contributed by the Congolese government is significantly greater than the advanced Monday by the UN Office For the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha), which encrypted the number of deaths in rubber and its surroundings in 900.
In its report, in addition, the Ocha warned that “Many corpses still cover the streets of the city “ and detailed that 2,880 injured were admitted in medical centers between January 26 and 30, while, in another document, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised the figure to 2,958.
Muyaya also denounced that in rubber, capital of the province of Kivu del Norte, “forced kidnappings are being produced to force young people to join the terrorist movement”And ensure: “We will not allow our population to continue under the yoke of those who have massacred it with impunity.”
For its part, The M23 Rebel Group declared a high fire on Monday for humanitarian reasons In the east of the RDC as of this Tuesday, a week after taking rubber, capital of about two million inhabitants and where they are internationally headquarters and United Nations institutions.
In a statement, the Río Congo Alliance (AFC-M23, in French), political-military coalition of the RDC that integrates the M23, said that “in response to the humanitarian crisis caused by the Kinsasa regime, declares a high fire As of February 4, 2025, for humanitarian reasons. “
On Monday a week was completed since The m23 – armed group formed mainly by tutsis suffered by the 1994 Rwandan genocide- will occupy a rubbercity that the rebels have already controlled for ten days in 2012, before international pressure forced their withdrawal.
This offensive has increased tension with neighboring Rwandasince the Congolese government accuses Kigali of supporting the M23, an end confirmed by the UN.
For its part, Rwanda and the M23 accuse the Congolese army of cooperating with the democratic forces for the liberation of Rwanda (FDLR)a group founded in 2000 by Genocide leaders and other exiled Rwandans to recover political power in their country, a collaboration that has also been corroborated by the UN.
M23’s armed activity resumed in November 2021 With lightning attacks against the Congolese army in Kivu del Norte and, since then, he advanced on several fronts until he reached rubber.
Since 1998, the east of the RDC is mired in a conflict fed by rebel militias and the armydespite the presence of the UN Peace Mission (Monusco).
