{"id":55706,"date":"2025-09-22T09:46:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T09:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/afc-m23-captures-nzibira-town-after-heavy-fighting\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T09:36:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T09:36:06","slug":"afc-m23-captures-nzibira-town-after-heavy-fighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/afc-m23-captures-nzibira-town-after-heavy-fighting\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC\/M23 captures Nzibira town after heavy fighting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fighting escalated on Sunday, September 21, 2025, but ended with M23 defeating government forces and the Wazalendo militia.<\/p>\n<p>According to Radio Okapi, heavy battles took place in Cisaza, Cibanda, Muyange, Karhuliza, and Kalongo.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that the clashes were so intense that M23 deployed armoured vehicles and other heavy weaponry.<\/p>\n<p>Nzibira is one of the key towns in South Kivu, known for its mining activities, particularly coltan and gold. It had been an important area under FARDC control, meaning its loss would carry significant consequences.<\/p>\n<p>On the same day, heavy fighting was also reported in North Kivu, particularly in the Masisi and Walikale areas.<\/p>\n<p>The capture of Nzibira adds to other territories now controlled by AFC\/M23 in South Kivu, including Bukavu. The group is also reported to be present in Mwenga, Kabare, Fizi, and Uvira.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-94877 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/000_36yx77m-d4b82.jpg\" alt=\"Fighters from the AFC\/M23 coalition have captured the town of Nzibira, located in Walungu Territory in South Kivu, following intense clashes with FARDC and their allied militias.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fighters from the AFC\/M23 coalition have captured the town of Nzibira, located in Walungu Territory in South Kivu, following intense clashes with FARDC and their allied militias.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000094878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55706","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":2000094878,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/000_36yx77m-d4b82logo.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/000_36yx77m-d4b82logo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/000_36yx77m-d4b82logo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/000_36yx77m-d4b82logo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/000_36yx77m-d4b82logo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/000_36yx77m-d4b82logo.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55706","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=55706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000094878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55706"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55706"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}