{"id":4248,"date":"2012-11-22T03:46:49","date_gmt":"2012-11-22T03:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/us-worried-of-deteriorating-security-in-drc\/"},"modified":"2012-11-22T03:51:21","modified_gmt":"2012-11-22T03:51:21","slug":"us-worried-of-deteriorating-security-in-drc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/us-worried-of-deteriorating-security-in-drc\/","title":{"rendered":"US Worried Of Deteriorating Security in DRC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-1808 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/CongoGOMA.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{{The US State Department late Tuesday said that Washington is &#8220;gravely alarmed&#8221; by the speed at which security is deteriorating in the Democratic Republic of Congo.}}<\/p>\n<p>Rebels in the DR Congo seized the key eastern city of Goma amid warnings of a humanitarian catastrophe and reports of killings, abductions, looting and extortion of civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Locals, however, cheered and applauded as rebels drove around downtown Goma after fighters of the M23 movement marched into the city facing little resistance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The United States is gravely alarmed by the rapid deterioration of the security situation in eastern DRC,&#8221; State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We condemn the renewed military campaign by the M23 rebel group, which is an affront to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the DRC and in violation of international law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The United States, Nuland said, calls &#8220;for a ceasefire, and for the M23 to return Goma to DRC authorities and pull back to their July positions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The rebels have been blamed for hundreds of deaths since they launched their uprising in April. UN experts have accused neighbouring Rwanda and Uganda of backing the M23, a charge both countries deny.<\/p>\n<p>Nuland also called &#8220;upon all states to use their influence on the M23 to bring about an immediate end to the hostilities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She added: &#8220;We believe it is critical that any resolution to the crisis include holding the M23 leadership accountable for their human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{The US State Department late Tuesday said that Washington is &#8220;gravely alarmed&#8221; by the speed at which security is deteriorating in the Democratic Republic of Congo.}} Rebels in the DR Congo seized the key eastern city of Goma amid warnings of a humanitarian catastrophe and reports of killings, abductions, looting and extortion of civilians. Locals, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[99],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-4248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-greatlakesnews","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":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4248","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4248"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=4248"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=4248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}