The president of Dr. Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, the response of the “vigorous” to the M23 rebels in rubber

The Congolese president, Félix Tshisekedi, promised to restore the government authority in the East, where the M23 rebels backed by Rwanda have seized much of the city of rubber and, according to the reports, they are advancing south to take more territory.

In a televised speech to La Nación, he said that a “vigorous and coordinated response” against what he called “terrorists” was underway.

He criticized the international community for “inaction” and for not doing enough because of the intensive security crisis.

The offensive of the weeks of the rebels has promoted warnings of an imminent humanitarian crisis and growing international pressure to end the crisis.

During the direction of Wednesday night, Tshisekedi gathered all Congolese to join and support the struggle of the army to resume control.

“Be sure of one thing: the Democratic Republic of the Congo is not allowed to be humiliated or crushed We will fight and succeed, “he said.

The fight has forced about 500,000 people from their homes, worsening an already serious humanitarian crisis, according to the UN.

Since the fighting began, the city has been cut from electricity and water and food supplies scarce.

A regional virtual summit of East Africa on Wednesday night convened by Kenya William Ruto, that tshisekedi shotHe asked for a “peaceful settlement of conflicts.”

He attended Paul Kagame de Ruanda, along with the leaders from other member countries, Burundi, Sudan del Sur, Tanzania and Somalia.

The heads of state “strongly urged the Government of Dr Congo to interact directly with all interested parties, including the M23 and other armed groups that have complaints.”

They also requested a joint summit of the block and the leaders of the regional community of southern Africa (SADC to “deliberate on the way to follow.” Dr Congo is a member of the East Africa and SADC block.

Tshisekedi paid tribute to SADC soldiers “fighting with us” and the UN forces that had died due to rebel assault in rubber.

Thirteen maintenance of South African peace have been killed in the mortal conflict in rubber, which has increased tensions between South Africa and Rwanda.

Kagame said Rwanda was ready for a confrontation with South Africa if necessary, after a claim from South African President Cyril Ramaphosa that the rebels of M23 and the Ruandesas forces were responsible for the deaths.

In a strongly written statement that responds directly to Ramaphosa in X, Kagame accused him of distorting his private conversations about the volatile situation.

“If South Africa wants to contribute to peaceful solutions, that is very good, but South Africa is not in a position to assume the role of a peacemaker or mediator. And if South Africa prefers confrontation, Rwanda will take care of the matter in which context any day,” said.

The exchange marks a significant escalation in tensions between the two nations, whose relationship has been fragile for several years.

On Wednesday, Angola asked the Congolese and Ruandese leaders to gather urgently in Luanda.

The country that measured a failed attempt of conversations in December before the M23 launched its offensive, also requested the resumption of discussions led by the Eastern Africa community related to the issue of M23 and other armed groups in the DR Congo.

He arrived when Tshisekedi visited Luanda for discussions about the next steps in the conversations led by Angola.

Both the peace efforts led by EAC and Luanda have not been able to resolve the crisis.

Nomsa Maseko’s additional reports in Johannesburg and Barbara Plett in Nairobi