In the east of the country, the fighting intensifies against the rebellion of the M23 that Kinshasa accuses Kigali of supporting.
Le Monde with AFP
The African Union (AU) declared itself “extremely concerned” Sunday October 30 by the deterioration of the security situation in the disturbed east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), calling for a cease Immediate fire.
The AU “calls on all parties to establish an immediate cease-fire, to respect international law, civil security and stability at the borders of all countries in the region”, in a joint press release signed By the President in office of the African Union, the Senegalese president Macky Sall, and the president of the AU committee, Moussa Faki Mahamat.
“They also urge all stakeholders to engage in a constructive dialogue, within the framework of the existing mechanism, the framework of peace, security and cooperation of the African Union for the DRC and the region, And the intercongolese peace dialogue of the Eastern African Community “, in the words of the press release. In this regard, “they call on all the parties to participate in good faith in the third dialogue of intercongolese peace which will be held in Nairobi from November 4 to 13, 2022”.
Expulsion of the Rwanda ambassador in the DRC
In addition, the AU expresses its “total support for the Luanda roadmap aimed at normalizing political relations between the DRC and Rwanda” and encourages the Angolan president “Joao Lourenço to continue his mission as a facilitator of a constructive dialogue between the two brothers, the DRC and the Rwanda “.
Kinshasa announced on Saturday the expulsion of the Rwanda ambassador in the DRC, while the fights against the M23 rebellion (March 23) are intensifying in the east of the DRC, which Kinshasa accuses Rwanda to support.
This decision has occurred at the end of a meeting of the DRC Superior Defense Council, chaired by Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi, who reported “a massive arrival of elements of the Rwandan army” To support the M23 “for a general offensive against the positions of the” Congolese armed forces “.
The revival of tension in eastern DRC also led the UN mission to the DRC (Monusco) to “note the alert level” of its troops in support of the Congolese armed forces in their operations against M23.