{"id":55784,"date":"2025-09-29T10:26:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T10:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/afc-m23-accuses-kinshasa-forces-of-systematic-infrastructure-sabotage-targeting\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T10:00:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T10:00:34","slug":"afc-m23-accuses-kinshasa-forces-of-systematic-infrastructure-sabotage-targeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/afc-m23-accuses-kinshasa-forces-of-systematic-infrastructure-sabotage-targeting\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC\/M23 accuses Kinshasa forces of systematic infrastructure sabotage targeting civilians"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a communiqu\u00e9 issued on Sunday, the group said coalition forces composed of the Congolese army (FARDC), FDLR, Mai-Mai\/Wazalendo militias, foreign mercenaries, and the Burundi National Defence Force (FDNB) destroyed a bridge in Mpeti, Walikale Territory.<\/p>\n

According to the statement, the incident has cut off riverside communities from vital necessities, disrupting the movement of people and goods. The group denounced the act as \u201cdeliberate sabotage\u201d and a violation of the ceasefire framework agreed under the Doha peace process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis premeditated and systematic campaign to destroy the Congolese people’s basic infrastructure is isolating civilian populations and obstructing the free movement of people and goods,\u201d the AFC\/M23 spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka stated.<\/p>\n

Terming the attacks as \u201ccrimes against humanity,\u201d the group accused Kinshasa and its allies of pursuing a strategy designed to \u201cstarve and suffocate innocent civilians.\u201d The movement also alleged that Uvira has been turned into \u201ca command centre of terror\u201d for coordinating such operations.<\/p>\n

While vowing to \u201cprotect and defend civilians,\u201d the AFC\/M23 reaffirmed its determination to neutralise \u201cnegative forces\u201d threatening populations in eastern Congo.<\/p>\n

The accusations come amid a highly volatile situation in eastern DRC, where both the Kinshasa government and M23 frequently trade blame over ceasefire violations and renewed hostilities. Regional leaders and international partners continue to push for a negotiated settlement, but clashes and claims of atrocities persist on the ground.<\/p>\n

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

The AFC\/M23 rebel coalition has accused forces loyal to the Kinshasa government of engaging in what it described as \u201csystematic infrastructure sabotage\u201d in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), alleging that the attacks are deliberately targeting civilians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000095345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55784","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":2000095345,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/74912kanyuka-841d0.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/74912kanyuka-841d0.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/74912kanyuka-841d0.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/74912kanyuka-841d0.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/74912kanyuka-841d0.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/74912kanyuka-841d0.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55784","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=55784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000095345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55784"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55784"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}