{"id":53740,"date":"2025-04-06T09:33:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T09:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/afc-m23-accuses-kinshasa-of-targeted-killing-of-family-of-ten-in-north-kivu\/"},"modified":"2025-04-06T09:07:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T09:07:50","slug":"afc-m23-accuses-kinshasa-of-targeted-killing-of-family-of-ten-in-north-kivu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/afc-m23-accuses-kinshasa-of-targeted-killing-of-family-of-ten-in-north-kivu\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC\/M23 accuses Kinshasa of targeted killing of family of ten in North Kivu"},"content":{"rendered":"

The incident is said to have occurred on the night of April 4 to 5 in Kanzana, a locality in Nyiragongo territory.<\/p>\n

In a statement released on Saturday, April 5, the group revealed that the victims included women and children and blamed what it described as \u201cenemies of peace under direct orders of the Kinshasa regime\u201d for the killings. <\/p>\n

AFC\/M23 said the attack was carried out by infiltrators taking advantage of the group\u2019s policy of free movement and the lifting of roadblocks in areas under its control.<\/p>\n

Describing the incident as an act of cowardice and terrorism, the rebel group warned the Congolese government against further such actions, vowing to take measures to neutralise those responsible.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis organised crime orchestrated by Kinshasa, aimed at tarnishing the reputation of the AFC\/M23, is an act of cowardice,\u201d AFC\/M23 spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The group also claimed that such acts undermine the ongoing ceasefire and efforts by the international community to find a peaceful resolution to the ongoing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. <\/p>\n

“The AFC\/M23 reiterates its commitment to protect and defend civilian populations, as well as to work towards lasting peace in the DRC,” the group added.<\/p>\n

The Kinshasa government is yet to respond to the allegations.<\/p>\n

AFC\/M23, which says it is fighting for the rights of marginalised groups, including Kinyarwanda-speaking communities who have endured decades of persecution in the east, controls large swaths of territory in the east Congo following its recent offensive.<\/p>\n

The group is scheduled to engage in direct talks with Kinshasa in Qatar on April 9, with the aim of resolving the conflict.<\/p>\n

\"AFC\/M23<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The rebel group Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC\/M23) has accused the Kinshasa government of orchestrating a brutal attack that left ten members of the same family dead in North Kivu province. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000084929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-53740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","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":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","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":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000084929,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/m23-43-ec2d2-9c4cc_1_-7ee76.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/m23-43-ec2d2-9c4cc_1_-7ee76.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/m23-43-ec2d2-9c4cc_1_-7ee76.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/m23-43-ec2d2-9c4cc_1_-7ee76.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/m23-43-ec2d2-9c4cc_1_-7ee76.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/m23-43-ec2d2-9c4cc_1_-7ee76.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53740","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=53740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000084929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53740"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=53740"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=53740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}