{"id":52885,"date":"2025-02-07T13:42:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T13:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/burundi-to-deploy-more-troops-to-south-kivu\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T13:43:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T13:43:00","slug":"burundi-to-deploy-more-troops-to-south-kivu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/burundi-to-deploy-more-troops-to-south-kivu\/","title":{"rendered":"Burundi to deploy more troops to South Kivu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to Radio France Internationale (RFI), the move aims to thwart a potential offensive by the M23 armed group to capture the city of Bukavu.<\/p>\n<p>The reinforcements consist of a full battalion. Reports indicate that the troops were assembled at a military base in Gatumba, near the border, before their deployment to the DRC.<\/p>\n<p>This battalion will be the 16th unit of Burundian forces stationed in the DRC since 2022, following a cooperation agreement between the two countries to combat armed groups in North and South Kivu.<\/p>\n<p>Burundian troops have been fighting alongside the Congolese army in a coalition that includes the FDLR, a terrorist group formed by remnant perpetrators of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, all Burundian troops stationed in North Kivu were redeployed to South Kivu after suffering losses against M23. They are now securing key strategic locations, including Kavumu, home to a critical airport.<\/p>\n<p>The withdrawal of these troops, led by Brigadier General Pontien Hakizimana, also known as &#8220;Mingi,&#8221; from North Kivu reportedly facilitated M23\u2019s capture of Sake and Goma.<\/p>\n<p>Reports now suggest that M23 could advance toward Bukavu if its positions continue to come under attack.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-81356\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/bdi-7-5f096.jpg\" alt=\"Burundian troops have been fighting alongside the Congolese army in a coalition that includes the FDLR, a terrorist group\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-81357\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/izi_ngabo_zizajya_kurinda_umujyi_wa_bukavu_kugira_ngo_udafatwa_na_m23-a1d6b.jpg\" alt=\"Reports suggest that the deployment aims to thwart a potential offensive by the M23 armed group to capture the city of Bukavu.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Burundian government is set to deploy additional troops to South Kivu, a province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to reinforce security in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000081355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-52885","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":2000081355,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/bdi-7-5f096.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/bdi-7-5f096.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/bdi-7-5f096.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/bdi-7-5f096.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/bdi-7-5f096.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/bdi-7-5f096.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52885","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=52885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000081355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52885"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=52885"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=52885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}