{"id":2000102582,"date":"2026-02-20T14:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/?p=2000102582"},"modified":"2026-02-20T14:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T12:00:11","slug":"afc-m23-urges-international-action-over-dr-congo-army-linked-massacres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/afc-m23-urges-international-action-over-dr-congo-army-linked-massacres\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC\/M23 urges international action over DR Congo army-linked massacres"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The appeal was made in an official communiqu\u00e9 released on February 19, 2025, in which the movement expressed concern over what it termed sustained silence from global and regional actors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the statement, civilian populations in Minembwe, Mikenge, Karingi, and across the Hauts Plateaux of South Kivu have been subjected to \u201cdaily, systematic, and unpunished massacres.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group attributed the alleged attacks to coalition forces aligned with the Kinshasa government, including FARDC units, local armed groups, and foreign mercenaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The communiqu\u00e9 further claimed that women, children, and elderly civilians are among the primary victims, describing the situation as a humanitarian catastrophe and alleging repeated violations of international humanitarian law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The movement also warned that continued inaction could heighten instability across the wider Great Lakes region, urging international institutions and regional leaders to take what it called decisive measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AFC\/M23 has been controlling Goma city since January 2025. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The AFC\/M23 rebel coalition has called on the international community to respond to what it describes as ongoing mass killings of civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, warning of worsening humanitarian and regional security risks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000102586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[151,99],"byline":[160],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000102582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-40","tag-editors-choice","tag-greatlakesnews","byline-theophile-niyitegeka"],"bylines":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"contributors":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"featured_image":{"id":2000102586,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/m23_goma_in.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":643,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/m23_goma_in.jpg","width":150,"height":96},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/m23_goma_in.jpg","width":300,"height":193},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/m23_goma_in.jpg","width":768,"height":494},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/m23_goma_in.jpg","width":1000,"height":643},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/m23_goma_in.jpg","width":1000,"height":643}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000102582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000102582"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000102582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000102587,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000102582\/revisions\/2000102587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000102586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000102582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000102582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000102582"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000102582"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000102582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}