{"id":2000125535,"date":"2026-09-09T15:23:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000125535"},"modified":"2026-09-09T15:23:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:23:27","slug":"afc-m23-clashes-with-fardc-near-walikale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/afc-m23-clashes-with-fardc-near-walikale\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC\/M23 clashes with FARDC near Walikale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Reports indicate that the fighting is concentrated southwest of Masisi town, particularly in Nyamaboko I groupement, where AFC\/M23 fighters are mainly facing Wazalendo militias supporting FARDC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The clashes intensified after AFC\/M23 captured Ngululu and advanced towards Humura and Kazinga. The advance has brought fighting and pressure closer to Kyumba and Langira in Walikale Territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A separate front has emerged south of Masisi, in Ufamandu I groupement, where AFC\/M23 controls the areas of Miko, Kaleta and Remeka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wazalendo fighters are attempting to retake some of these positions, which are about 15 kilometres from Biriko, one of the first towns reached on the route into Walikale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further north, FARDC and Wazalendo fighters are seeking to push AFC\/M23 from Chad Hill, Kasumba and the village of Kazumba. Reports indicate that AFC\/M23 has deployed additional fighters to reinforce its positions in Ihula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

East of Walikale town, AFC\/M23 is also strengthening its positions in Kashebere and Kibati, where its fighters face government forces deployed along the Mungazi-Kibua line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fighting has also continued in the highlands of Fizi, Uvira and Mwenga territories in neighbouring South Kivu Province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In those areas, FARDC and Wazalendo fighters are engaged in clashes with AFC\/M23 and the Twirwaneho armed group, which is aligned with the coalition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AFC\/M23, which has cited the marginalisation of Kinyarwanda-speaking communities and poor governance as reasons for its armed struggle, says it is continuing to defend its positions, particularly around an area known as Point Z\u00e9ro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fighting is continuing in North Kivu Province as the AFC\/M23 coalition clashes with the Democratic Republic of Congo\u2019s armed forces, FARDC, and allied Wazalendo militias across several areas between Masisi and Walikale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000125536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[151],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000125535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-editors-choice","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":2000125536,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/imageresize-_1_-71978.jpg","alt":"","caption":"The clashes intensified after AFC\/M23 captured Ngululu and advanced towards Humura and Kazinga. The advance has brought fighting and pressure closer to Kyumba and Langira in Walikale Territory.","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":571,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/imageresize-_1_-71978.jpg","width":1000,"height":571},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/imageresize-_1_-71978.jpg","width":1000,"height":571},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/imageresize-_1_-71978.jpg","width":1000,"height":571},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/imageresize-_1_-71978.jpg","width":1000,"height":571},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/imageresize-_1_-71978.jpg","width":1000,"height":571}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000125535","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=2000125535"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000125535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000125537,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000125535\/revisions\/2000125537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000125536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000125535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000125535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000125535"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000125535"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000125535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}