More than 500,000 People Have Been Displaced Thus Far in January Due to Heavy Fighting In The Eastern Part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), The Country’s Foreign Minister Told an Emergency Meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday.
“The Humanitrian Situation Continues to Determine, with more than 500,000 New (Internally Displaced People) in North and South Kivu Provinces in January Alone,” Congolese Foreign Therese Kayikwamba Wagner Said
In the Most Awful Rise of a Long-Running Dispute in Even extra Than A Decade, Rwandan-Backed M23 Rebels Entered Goma, The Capital of North Kivu and the Largest City in Eastern Congo, OnmonG Large Parts of the City Are Currently Under Rebel Control .
Monusco Calls for International Action
Meauhhile, the Un Peace Keeping Mission within the DRC (Monusco) Has Called for International Intervention as Violence Escalates within the nation.
“The situation in Goma Requires Urgent and Coordinated International Action,” Vivian van de Perre, Deputy Special Representative for Protection and Operations within the Monusco, Told the Un Security Council in New York.
“Thesis Attacks Continue to Ravage the City, Killing, Injuring, Traumatizing and Displacing Civilians and Exacerbating the Crisis,“ Hey Said, Adding That The Un Peacekeeping Mission Had Taken in A Large Number of People Seeking Protection in Goma.
Rubio Urges Ceasefire in Call With Kagame
Us Secretary of State Marco Rubio Told Rwandan President Paul Kagame In a Phone Call that Washington What “Deeply Troubled” by the Escalation of the Conflict within the Congo, Particularly the Fall of Goma to Rwandan-Backed Rebels
The Top Us Diplomat “Urged to Immediate Ceasefire in the Region, and for all parties to respect sovereign Territorial Integrity,” A State Department Statement Said.
Goma Lies in Among the Most Resource-Rich Areas of the DRC Andborders Rwanda the M23 Rebel Militia Has Actually Been Dealing with Congolese Federal Government Soldiers and Allied Militias for Man, Seeking Access to Natural Resources.
According to the European Union, The Total Number of Displaced People In The Country Is Now Estimated At Even More 7 million.
Ie/RM (AFP, dpa, Reuters)
