{"id":116275,"date":"2025-11-27T13:38:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T13:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/death-toll-rises-in-fardc-wazalendo-clashes-over-food-aid-2"},"modified":"2025-11-27T14:28:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T14:28:18","slug":"death-toll-rises-in-fardc-wazalendo-clashes-over-food-aid-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/death-toll-rises-in-fardc-wazalendo-clashes-over-food-aid-2","title":{"rendered":"Death toll rises in FARDC\u2013Wazalendo clashes over food aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Death toll from clashes between the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) and thier Wazalendo militia allies in Uvira, South Kivu, on November 23, has risen to 11, according to latest reports.<\/p>\n<p>Calm returned to Uvira on Tuesday, November 25, after two days of intense fighting, but residents remain shaken by the violence that erupted from a dispute during a World Food Programme (WFP) aid distribution exercise over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>According to local accounts, the confrontation began near the Catholic Cathedral in Uvira, where WFP teams were distributing food assistance to vulnerable households. Wazalendo militias reportedly attempted to forcibly seize part of the supplies meant for crisis-affected families triggering a violent standoff that rapidly escalated into an exchange of fire.<\/p>\n<p>Reports now indicate that initial confrontation resulted in nine deaths and two injuries, on Sunday, followed by two more fatalities and two additional injuries on Monday as the hostilities spread across the city.<\/p>\n<p>The victims include FARDC soldiers and Wazalendo fighters. As reported, the violence was rooted not only in the dispute over food aid but in a deeper leadership struggle and rising mistrust between FARDC and Wazalendo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Death toll from clashes between the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) and thier Wazalendo militia allies in Uvira, South Kivu, on November 23, has risen to 11, according to latest reports. Calm returned to Uvira on Tuesday, November 25, after two days of intense fighting, but residents remain shaken by the violence that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":116274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[5615,3644,758,8028,8848],"class_list":["post-116275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-dr-congo-crisis","tag-fardc","tag-rwanda","tag-uvira","tag-wazalendo-militia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Death toll rises in FARDC\u2013Wazalendo clashes over food aid - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Death toll from clashes between the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) and thier Wazalendo militia allies in Uvira, South Ki ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/death-toll-rises-in-fardc-wazalendo-clashes-over-food-aid-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Death toll rises in FARDC\u2013Wazalendo clashes over food aid\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Death toll from clashes between the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) and thier Wazalendo militia allies in Uvira, South Ki ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/death-toll-rises-in-fardc-wazalendo-clashes-over-food-aid-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-27T13:38:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-27T14:28:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/sm_1764241054.904679.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"666\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/death-toll-rises-in-fardc-wazalendo-clashes-over-food-aid-2#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/death-toll-rises-in-fardc-wazalendo-clashes-over-food-aid-2\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Death toll rises in FARDC\u2013Wazalendo clashes over food aid\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-27T13:38:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-27T14:28:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/death-toll-rises-in-fardc-wazalendo-clashes-over-food-aid-2\"},\"wordCount\":205,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/death-toll-rises-in-fardc-wazalendo-clashes-over-food-aid-2#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/sm_1764241054.904679.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"DR Congo crisis\",\"FARDC\",\"Rwanda\",\"UVIRA\",\"Wazalendo militia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/death-toll-rises-in-fardc-wazalendo-clashes-over-food-aid-2#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/death-toll-rises-in-fardc-wazalendo-clashes-over-food-aid-2\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/death-toll-rises-in-fardc-wazalendo-clashes-over-food-aid-2\",\"name\":\"Death toll rises in FARDC\u2013Wazalendo clashes over food aid - 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