The M23 militia supported by Rwanda seems to have taken the important Eastern Congolese city of Bukavu on Friday evening without resistance. The Congolese authorities have probably responded to the call the city without giving up bloodshed to the rebels.
On Friday evening, the rebel group M23 already reported that it had entered the city via the airport of Kavumu, just north of Bukavu. The Belgian newspaper The morning Share images on Saturday, showing the rebels on a central square in the city.
“The M23 is said to have an agreement with the middle class and the civil community in Bukavu. That civil community would have called on the army not to resist not to avoid a massacre like in Goma, “said journalist Stijn Vercruysse last night from Bukavu to the Flemish public broadcaster VRT.
According to UN estimates, more than 3,000 people were killed in the intake of the Eastern Congolese city of Goma at the end of January. Since the intake of Goma, in the province of North Kivu, the rebels are moving to the south. With Bukavu, capital of the province of South Kivu, the rebels have a strategically important city, which has more than a million inhabitants with surrounding villages.
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