{"id":2000108370,"date":"2026-04-12T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T06:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/?p=2000108370"},"modified":"2026-04-12T09:31:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T07:31:01","slug":"afc-m23-accuses-kinshasa-of-undermining-switzerland-peace-talks-after-new-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/afc-m23-accuses-kinshasa-of-undermining-switzerland-peace-talks-after-new-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC\/M23 accuses Kinshasa of undermining Switzerland peace talks after new attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a statement, AFC\/M23 spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka said government forces shelled civilian areas on Saturday and continued the attacks into Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Kinshasa authorities have deliberately chosen to sabotage the negotiation process underway in Switzerland,\u201d the statement said. \u201cOn the night of April 11, 2026, between 22:00 and 04:00, drone strikes targeted densely populated areas of Minembwe and surrounding locations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kanyuka further protested that the actions reflect a refusal by the Congolese government to honor commitments linked to the peace process, and were intended to weaken the planned negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delegations from the Democratic Republic of Congo and the AFC\/M23 coalition are expected to meet for peace talks in Switzerland from April 13 to April 17, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The talks are being facilitated by Qatar, which requested Switzerland to host the discussions. They were previously held in Doha but were relocated due to regional instability linked to the conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran, which has affected several countries in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media reports indicate that while Switzerland serves as the host, the process remains under the mediation of Qatar, with Qatari representatives expected to facilitate the proceedings via video conference to maintain the “Doha Process” framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In a statement, AFC\/M23 spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka said government forces shelled civilian areas on Saturday and continued the attacks into Sunday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The AFC\/M23 rebel coalition has accused the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo of carrying out attacks against civilians in the Minembwe area, describing the incidents as a deliberate attempt to undermine upcoming peace talks in Switzerland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000108371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[151,99,69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000108370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-48","tag-editors-choice","tag-greatlakesnews","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","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":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","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":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000108371,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/83642_1_.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1200,"height":700,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/83642_1_.jpg","width":150,"height":88},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/83642_1_.jpg","width":300,"height":175},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/83642_1_.jpg","width":768,"height":448},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/83642_1_.jpg","width":1024,"height":597},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/83642_1_.jpg","width":1200,"height":700}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000108370","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=2000108370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000108370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000108373,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000108370\/revisions\/2000108373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000108371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000108370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000108370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000108370"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000108370"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000108370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}