{"id":53054,"date":"2025-02-19T07:25:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T07:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/burundi-withdraws-troops-as-m23-tightens-grip-on-eastern-drc\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T07:25:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T07:25:04","slug":"burundi-withdraws-troops-as-m23-tightens-grip-on-eastern-drc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/burundi-withdraws-troops-as-m23-tightens-grip-on-eastern-drc\/","title":{"rendered":"Burundi withdraws troops as M23 tightens grip on eastern DRC"},"content":{"rendered":"

The withdrawal comes in the wake of M23’s capture of Goma in late January and its subsequent takeover of Bukavu, further solidifying the group’s presence in eastern Congo.<\/p>\n

Sources from the Burundian army and the United Nations confirmed the retreat, with military trucks carrying Burundian troops seen crossing back into the country. “Burundian troops are leaving the DRC. Several trucks filled with soldiers arrived yesterday,” a military officer revealed.<\/p>\n

Burundi’s forces had initially entered eastern Congo to combat Burundian rebel groups but later took on a broader role, joining Congolese forces and allied militias against M23.<\/p>\n

Despite reinforcements, Burundian troops struggled against the well-organized rebels and ultimately began their withdrawal after repeated losses.<\/p>\n

Burundi was part of a coalition that included the Congolese army, the Wazalendo militia, the FDLR, composed of Rwandan genocidal elements, SADC forces, and European mercenaries.<\/p>\n

However, M23\u2019s battlefield successes have disrupted these alliances, leaving Kinshasa\u2019s strategy in disarray.
\nThe military pact between Burundian President \u00c9variste Ndayishimiye and Congolese President F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi, which saw over 12,000 Burundian troops deployed to North Kivu, has also come under scrutiny.<\/p>\n

Reports indicate that Tshisekedi paid Ndayishimiye $2 million for this intervention, sparking discontent among Burundian military officers who questioned the true motives behind the deployment.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, human rights organizations have accused Burundian forces, along with their Congolese allies, of committing atrocities against Congolese Tutsi civilians.<\/p>\n

As the conflict escalates, the international community is closely monitoring the situation, with growing concerns over the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the region.<\/p>\n

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Burundi has begun withdrawing its troops from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after suffering setbacks against the M23 rebel group, which has rapidly gained control over key cities in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":2000081865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-53054","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":2000081865,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-317.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-317.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-317.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-317.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-317.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-317.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53054","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\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000081865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53054"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=53054"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=53054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}