Congo President Felix Teskedi visited Germany to attend the Munich Security Conference in international support efforts.
Rwanda -backed M33 fighters have claimed that Kavumu Airport, who has served Buchvu, the capital of South Kivu province in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has controlled Kavumu Airport.
The airport, mainly used for NGOs and military flights and where DRC soldiers were deployed, was the final important military barrier for rebel forces before more than a million people reached the city – in the region The second largest – which is 30 km (19 mi) away.
The rebels allegedly faced at least resistance as they proceeded through the city, reporting with the AFP news agency that Kangoli military personnel evacuated the airport and retreated in Bukevu.
The Reuters News Agency reported that rebel fighters also controlled the city of Katana about 11 km (7 mi) from the airport.
The movement comes before the African Union Summit starting in Ethiopia on Saturday.
The struggle at DRC will be a major topic of discussion in the annual two -day meeting. The President of the Congole, Felix Teskedi, was expected to attend the summit, but the Prime Minister of the country has now been slated to replace him.
According to a presidential statement on social media on Friday, Tskedi attended the Munich Security Conference in Germany, and in efforts to get more international support.
Earlier this month, the AFC/M23 rebel coalition announced that it would implement a unilateral ceasefire, but resumed the battle after a two -day Lulla.
The outgoing chair of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat, told AFP that a ceasefire in Eastern DRC should “observe”, saying that “military campaigns are not going to solve these problems.”
In late January, the M23 fighters seized the provincial capital of North Kivu, a rapidly aggressive and seized Goma. Since then, the soldiers have pushed the south towards Bukevu seen as a strategic stronghold. The rebels have demanded to move south after capturing Goma, the largest city of Eastern DRC.
The United Nations Refugee Agency says the situation “deteriorates rapidly”, given that about 350,000 people have been displaced in the ongoing struggle.
After Goma collapsed, protesting protests in the capital Kinshsa, where protesters attacked the United Nations premises and several embassies, including Rwanda, France, Kenya and the United States, in response to that they foreigners What did you believe as intervention.
