{"id":54793,"date":"2025-07-07T16:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T16:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/afc-m23-accuses-kinshasa-of-military-provocation-warns-of-renewed-confrontation\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T14:39:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:39:54","slug":"afc-m23-accuses-kinshasa-of-military-provocation-warns-of-renewed-confrontation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/afc-m23-accuses-kinshasa-of-military-provocation-warns-of-renewed-confrontation\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC\/M23 accuses Kinshasa of military provocation, warns of renewed confrontation"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a statement released over the weekend, AFC\/M23 spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka said the DRC government had undertaken a \u201cmassive and provocative deployment of troops and military equipment\u201d along the frontlines, with support from allied forces including the National Defence Force of Burundi. <\/p>\n

The group claimed that heavy weapons were being deliberately aimed at densely populated areas, calling the move \u201ccriminally irresponsible\u201d and suggesting it borders on a crime against humanity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe illegitimate regime in Kinshasa is showing blatant disregard for ongoing negotiations,\u201d the statement read. \u201cThese belligerent actions are a direct insult to the diplomatic process and sabotage efforts to address the root causes of the conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n

AFC\/M23, which has previously expressed willingness to engage in dialogue, said it had honoured its commitments under current peace frameworks, but accused the Congolese government of failing to uphold its part, particularly regarding confidence-building measures.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis duplicity is unacceptable,\u201d the group said, while reaffirming its \u201cunwavering commitment\u201d to political dialogue as a path to resolving the crisis.<\/p>\n

However, it warned that the continued military build-up posed a direct threat to civilian populations and that the group reserves the \u201clegitimate right\u201d to defend its positions and protect communities under threat.<\/p>\n

AFC\/M23 controls large swathes of eastern DRC, and efforts have been made by Qatar to resolve the conflict and silence the guns in the region.<\/p>\n

However, the group has accused President F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi’s administration of undermining the process. While attempts to revive peace talks are ongoing, the situation remains fragile.<\/p>\n

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

The AFC\/M23 rebel coalition has accused the government in Kinshasa of engaging in provocative military actions that threaten to derail ongoing peace efforts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), warning of the risk of renewed confrontation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000090540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-54793","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":2000090540,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/afc_m111-27c9f.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/afc_m111-27c9f.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/afc_m111-27c9f.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/afc_m111-27c9f.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/afc_m111-27c9f.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/afc_m111-27c9f.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54793","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=54793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000090540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54793"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=54793"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=54793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}