{"id":53002,"date":"2025-02-14T15:10:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T15:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/m23-confirms-the-capture-of-kavumu-and-its-airport\/"},"modified":"2025-02-15T13:13:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T13:13:24","slug":"m23-confirms-the-capture-of-kavumu-and-its-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/m23-confirms-the-capture-of-kavumu-and-its-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"M23 confirms the capture of Kavumu and its airport"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before M23 entered Kavumu, a significant number of soldiers from the DRC\u2019s coalition forces were seen fleeing the town, heading towards Bukavu, which is approximately 25 kilometres from Kavumu.<\/p>\n

A resident in the town was heard saying, \u201cThey have fled. M23 has now reached Kavumu. M23 is chasing them. The soldiers are running fast.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kavumu is a strategic location in South Kivu, as it hosts an airport that was used by the DRC\u2019s coalition forces to launch attacks on M23 positions.<\/p>\n

This airport was also previously utilised by the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) in South Kivu before its withdrawal in early 2024.<\/p>\n

M23\u2019s political spokesperson, Lawrence Kanyuka, confirmed the capture of Kavumu and its airport, stating that the move was aimed at neutralising threats from the area.<\/p>\n

“As we have repeatedly emphasized, we have eliminated the threat at its source. Kavumu Airport posed a danger to the civilian population in the liberated areas and to our positions. Now, Kavumu and its surroundings, including the airport, are under the control of the AFC\/M23,” said Kanyuka.<\/p>\n

This capture comes after M23 fighters seized the Kabamba and Katana trading centres in Kabare territory during the night of 13 to 14 February 2025.<\/p>\n

The DRC government\u2019s coalition forces now fear that M23 may soon advance on Bukavu, the de facto capital of South Kivu.<\/p>\n

Some soldiers have begun fleeing to other provinces, such as Tanganyika. Meanwhile, the DRC military continues its efforts to regroup and redeploy its forces for a counteroffensive.<\/p>\n

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The M23 rebel group has announced that it has taken control of the town of Kavumu, located in South Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000081664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-53002","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":2000081664,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-14-feb-2025-03-20-pm-5923.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-14-feb-2025-03-20-pm-5923.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-14-feb-2025-03-20-pm-5923.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-14-feb-2025-03-20-pm-5923.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-14-feb-2025-03-20-pm-5923.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-14-feb-2025-03-20-pm-5923.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53002","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=53002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000081664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53002"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=53002"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=53002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}