{"id":52856,"date":"2025-02-05T23:02:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T23:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/m23-appoints-new-governor-of-north-kivu-province\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T23:04:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T23:04:52","slug":"m23-appoints-new-governor-of-north-kivu-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/m23-appoints-new-governor-of-north-kivu-province\/","title":{"rendered":"M23 appoints new Governor of North Kivu Province"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The announcement was made on February 5, 2025, in a statement shared on X by AFC\/M23&#8217;s political spokesperson, Laurence Kanyuka.<\/p>\n<p>The appointments follow M23\u2019s recent seizure of Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu, on January 27, 2025. <\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s takeover included key infrastructure such as the North Kivu branch of the Democratic Republic of Congo&#8217;s national broadcaster (RTNC), Goma International Airport, and other strategic locations.<\/p>\n<p>Before capturing Goma, M23 had already taken control of several towns, including Minova in Kalehe Territory, the city of Sake, and other areas in North Kivu Province.<\/p>\n<p>Bahati\u2019s appointment comes after the death of Major General Peter Cirimwami, the former Governor of North Kivu. <\/p>\n<p>Cirimwami was shot by M23 forces in Kasengezi while coordinating the Wazalendo militia, the FDLR, and the Congolese army against M23. Reports indicate that he was killed while assessing his troops&#8217; performance on the battlefield.<\/p>\n<p>Following his death, President F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi appointed Major General Evariste Somo Kakule as his replacement. <\/p>\n<p>Kakule&#8217;s appointment was preceded by a presidential decree promoting him from Brigadier General to Major General on January 28, 2025.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-81170\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/m23_3-0f878.jpg\" alt=\"Life has returned to normalcy after the recent fall of Goma city to M23. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AFC\/M23 coalition has appointed Bahati Musanga Joseph as the new Governor of North Kivu. He will be deputized by Manzi Ngarambe Willy, who has been named Vice Governor in charge of political affairs, governance, and judicial matters. Additionally, Amani Bahati Shaddrak has been appointed Vice Governor responsible for economic affairs, finance, and development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000081169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-52856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","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":2000081169,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/m23_3-0f878.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/m23_3-0f878.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/m23_3-0f878.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/m23_3-0f878.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/m23_3-0f878.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/m23_3-0f878.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52856","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\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000081169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52856"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=52856"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=52856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}