{"id":2000106127,"date":"2026-03-22T11:20:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T09:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/?p=2000106127"},"modified":"2026-03-22T11:21:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T09:21:00","slug":"afc-m23-condemns-fardc-drone-strikes-on-densely-populated-areas-in-south-kivu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/afc-m23-condemns-fardc-drone-strikes-on-densely-populated-areas-in-south-kivu\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC\/M23 condemns FARDC drone strikes on densely populated areas in South Kivu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

According to Lawrence Kanyuka, spokesperson for AFC\/M23, the attacks occurred on the night of March 21\u201322, 2026, targeting densely populated areas, including the villages of Gakenke and Kalingi, as well as the centre of Minembwe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese indiscriminate attacks have caused deaths, triggered massive displacement, and inflicted significant destruction on local communities,\u201d Kanyuka said in an official update on Sunday. \u201cThey mark a serious escalation aimed at annihilating entire communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The AFC\/M23 called on the Congolese people to bear witness to what it described as systematic, deliberate, and openly committed attacks against civilians, which have taken place in full view of all, while the international community remains silent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group emphasised that the continued targeting of civilian populations represents an intolerable situation requiring urgent attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Repeated ceasefire violations and ongoing hostilities have hampered efforts to stabilise the region, despite multiple declared ceasefires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lawrence Kanyuka, spokesperson for AFC\/M23, said the attacks occurred on the night of March 21\u201322, 2026, targeting densely populated areas, including the villages of Gakenke and Kalingi, as well as the centre of Minembwe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The AFC\/M23 rebel alliance has condemned a series of deadly drone strikes carried out by the coalition forces of the Kinshasa government against civilian populations in South Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000106128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[151,99,69],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000106127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-editors-choice","tag-greatlakesnews","tag-homehighlights","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","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":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","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":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000106128,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20250909083042000000.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1080,"height":720,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20250909083042000000.jpg","width":150,"height":100},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20250909083042000000.jpg","width":300,"height":200},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20250909083042000000.jpg","width":768,"height":512},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20250909083042000000.jpg","width":1024,"height":683},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20250909083042000000.jpg","width":1080,"height":720}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000106127","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\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000106127"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000106127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000106130,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000106127\/revisions\/2000106130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000106128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000106127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000106127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000106127"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000106127"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000106127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}