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| M23 rebel group in eastern DRC🇨🇩 took control of the strategic city of Uvira in eastern Congo, Burundi and DRC high command plan to retake it |
| 2025-12-12 |
Text: The M23 rebel group in eastern #DRC🇨🇩 took control of the strategic city of Uvira in eastern Congo on Wednesday afternoon, after intense night of gunfire that forced the Congolese army troops and allied forces to flee. Uvira is an important port city on the northern tip of Lake Tanganyika and is directly across from neighboring Burundi’s largest city, Bujumbura. Rumors circulated that the governor of South Kivu, the province where Uvira is located, had fled in the night, which the governor denied. The fighting had intensified in South Kivu, despite the deal signed in Washington with U.S. President Donald Trump in attendance. Earlier this year, M23 seized Goma and Bukavu, two key cities in eastern Congo, in a major escalation of the yearslong conflict.
Text: Uvira—While M23/AFC is reassuring people to go back in their daily activities, and refugees to go back home. Yesterday, Burundi and DRC high command officials finalized offensive plans to retake Uvira. During a meeting held in Bujumbura, Burundi, the host country agreed to ensure coordination of these operations. Burundi is already hosting more than 30 thousands heavily armed militiamen who fled the fighting in South Kivu. Among them are members of the FDLR genocidal forces, Imbonerakure, Burundian soldiers, DRC soldiers, and Mai-Mai. Burundi, unaware that the mosquito has landed on its testicles, as the saying goes, remains stubbornly faithful to its genocidal ideology no matter the cost. Sources within the DRC and the Burundian army confirm that these attacks are imminent. Initially, the Burundian troops withdrawn from the mountains of the DRC were supposed to coordinate with FARDC special forces and mercenaries arriving from Katanga, Kalemie, and Kindu, plus reinforcements coming from Walikale, in order to advance along the Mwenga axis. At the same time, units redeployed from Burundi itself, along with those who had fled to Makobola, were to launch simultaneous attacks against M23 defensive positions on the outskirts of Uvira. At the same time, reports say that Gitega has dressed thousands of militiamen under its command in RDF fatigues and positioned them near Rwanda with intention to sow chaos— now we know why they were printing these uniforms. Evidently, people who are doing this do not see that it will come with unaffordable cost Related: Uvira: 2025-12-11 M23 seizes the city of Uvira, the temporary capital of South Kivu after 10 day offensive Uvira: 2025-12-10 M23 rebels continued their advance, capturing Runingu & Kiliba today Uvira: 2025-12-07 A helicopter carrying FARDC, FDLR, and Burundian soldiers downed |
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