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M23 Expands In Congo, Takeover Bukavu, Seizes Kavumu Airport
https://osazuwaakonedo.news/m23-expands-in-congo-takeover-bukavu-seizes-kavumu-airport/15/02/2025/
#Issues #Bukavu #DRC #DRCongo #Goma #Kavumu #Kinshasa #Kivu #Tshisekede ©February 15th, 2025 ®February 15, 2025 3:28 pm M23 rebels have announced the takeover of South Kivu city of Bukavu in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC and now in control of another major airport in the Kivu region, the Kavumu Airport after the secessionist armed fighters sacked Congolese soldiers and foreign mercenaries on Friday. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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M23 Rebels have announced the Takeover
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of South kibu City of bukavu in the
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Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo DRC
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and now in control of another major
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airport in the kibu region the C airport
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after the sist arm Fighters sacked kules
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soldiers and foreign mercenaries on
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Friday local observers said that kamu a
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strategic location in South kibu hosts
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an airport that was used by the drc's
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Coalition forces to launch attacks on
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M23 positions a video of M23 Rebels
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mocking conges and its foreign Coalition
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forces after capturing bavu was
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published online on Friday the rebels
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had said that their intention is to
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advance to kinasa the capital city of
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Congo which is more than
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1,500 kilom from bukavu to change the
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government of President Felix
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tii local media reported that the
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neighboring community of Moro in central
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equatorial state of South Sudan has
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raised alarm of the likely effect of the
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crisis on the community calling on its
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government to beef of security at the
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Border Town there is a crisis in the DRC
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and we are very much afraid that it may
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affect some parts of Central equatoria
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and the activities of the M23 have
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displaced some people from Congo to
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parts of central equator are IMM
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moreable and if these activities
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continue our border is very vulnerable
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one of the resolutions is to request the
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ministry of defense and Veteran Affairs
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to deploy forces along the borderline to
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secure the border from encroachment poo
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ludu OED Deputy Governor of Central
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equatorian State stated according to
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local media video showed conges and its
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Coalition foreign soldiers fled and
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abandoned their weapons when Bahu fell
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under the M23 Rebels with the abandoned
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military equipment seen at the entrance
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of bukavu airport which included
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Battlefield tanks meanwhile the
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Democratic Republic of Congo's president
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phelix Tish will not attend an African
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Union Summit this weekend in Adis Ababa
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the government spokesperson Tina Salama
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said the Au Summit is focused on ending
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dr's conflict with M23 rebels in the
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East prime minister Judith Su tuluka is
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expected to represent the African nation
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at the event Salam said on Friday
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fighting resumed in Dr Congo a few days
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ago according to local media after the
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M23 announced since fireb Congolese
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troops started pursuing M23 forces near
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the town of iusi in South kibu Province
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as the anti- government group continues
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its Advance after season GMA last month
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we had reported that the United Nations
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us says dozens of inmates with more than
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150 female prisoners alongside their
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babies were burnt alive on January 27
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2025 when some detes at mugan prison in
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gumma set fire on the facility to escape
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after M23 Advanced to take over the city
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forcing prison guards to flee and shot
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dead many inmates it would be recall we
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had reported that in a bitter reaction
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to the statement credited to South
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Africa president sirial Rosa over the
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killing of 13 sa soldiers in GMA by M23
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Rebels Rwanda president Paul has talked
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off over president rusa description of
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Rwanda Defense Force rdf as a militia
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group working with M23 and the sa
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president's threat raed and commented on
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President sir ramusa at social media
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post published accused South Africa of
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being a party in the conflict in the
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Democratic Republic of Congo who always
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launch offensive operations against M23
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Rebels only trying to manipulate the
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public by those falsely claiming to be a
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peacekeeper in a war the sa has joined
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hands to escalate this as hundreds of
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Romanian mercenaries contracted to fight
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against M23 Rebels seated or surrendered
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to M23 rebels in the Pres of the Rebel
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spokesperson Willie Anga inuma who was
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seen in videos warning and cautioning
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the Romanians never to come to Congo to
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fight against them before the Romanians
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were transported to Rwanda for further
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assistance to their country we had
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reported that over 1,200 men of the
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Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of
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Congo have Ed or surrendered GMA the
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country's largest city to M23 Rebels
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with DRC military uniforms flooding the
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streets after the pulled of the army ATS
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and took Refuge at UN peacekeeping
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military base leaving South Africa
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soldiers to continue to fight on but
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South Africa military formation in Congo
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in a statement denying that its men did
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not surrender to M23 Rebels insisting
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that the White Flag hoisted by one of
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his soldiers during heavy gun battle
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with the rebels was noral military
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tradition for both sides to S fire to en
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the South Africa troops passage to
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receive medical supply and as well give
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room to the M23 Rebels the opportunity
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to rescue their men injured in front of
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the South African military base near
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gumma airport this as thousands of pro
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government protesters attacked and B
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some portions of us French Kenya Uganda
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Rwanda and other foreign embassies in
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Kinshasa we previously had reported that
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thousands of prisoners at Mente prison
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facility in gumma the capital city of
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North kibo province in the Democratic
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Republic of Congo may have set
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themselves free after M23 Rebels to
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control of GMA early morning hours with
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videos posted online showing civilians
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flooding back to GMA and welcoming the
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M23 rebels in a rousing manner earlier
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same day we also reported that one of
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the most troubled countries in Africa
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Democratic Republic of Congo government
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bu civilian residents in the country to
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flood streets of Monday the 27th of
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January 2025 just as M23 Rebels are now
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in control of GMA after killing the
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conges military commander Over N South
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Africa soldiers a total of 12 un
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peacekeepers forcing other conges
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soldiers to surrender their weapons
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before the 3:00 a.m. Monday 27 2025
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deadline set we had earlier in January
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2025 reported that M23 rebels in the
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Democratic Republic of Congo early this
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year advanced and since the town of
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maissi s perial the koles government
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sent 172 death row prisoners to
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execution as with2 already confirmed
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executed while the government kept mom
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on the third batch of 70 prisoners
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including the May 19th 2024 37 cou
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plotters who were convicted and
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sentenced to death in September 2024
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just as the country Minister of Justice
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constant mut Mal threaten journalists
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with death penalty if they relate the
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activities of armed group he described
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as Rwanda Army and its M23
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