{"id":117444,"date":"2025-12-15T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/dr-congo-coalition-targets-banyamulenge-civilians-2"},"modified":"2025-12-15T15:09:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:09:19","slug":"dr-congo-coalition-targets-banyamulenge-civilians-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/dr-congo-coalition-targets-banyamulenge-civilians-2","title":{"rendered":"DR Congo Coalition Targets Banyamulenge Civilians"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>The Congolese coalition forces, with the direct and active participation of the Burundian army, continue carrying out a premeditated, systematic, and targeted extermination campaign against the Banyamulenge Tutsi civilian population in DR Congo\u2019s South Kivu Province, the spokesperson of the AFC\/M23 movement said Saturday, December 13.<\/p>\n

The AFC\/M23 on December 10 confirmed it captured Uvira, a strategic city that has been the major stronghold for the government army coalition for months.<\/p>\n

Throughout the day, on Friday, December 12, and in the early hours of Saturday, December 13, 2025, AFC\/M23 spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka said Sukhoi-25 fighter jets, combat helicopters, and military drones, operating from the territory of neighbouring Burundi, \u201cconducted indiscriminate aerial attacks against the densely populated Banyamulenge villages of Mikenke and Rwesankuku, in flagrant violation of the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tout au long de la journe\u0301e du vendredi 12 de\u0301cembre 2025 et depuis les premie\u0300res heures de ce samedi 13 de\u0301cembre 2025, les forces coalise\u0301es du re\u0301gime de Kinshasa, avec la participation directe et active de l\u2019arme\u0301e burundaise, mettent en \u0153uvre une campagne d\u2019extermination…<\/p>\n

\u2014 Lawrence KANYUKA (@LawrenceKanyuka) December 13, 2025<\/p>\n

\u201cThese strikes deliberately target defenseless civilians, causing the deaths of women and children, and are part of a concerted policy of terror, destruction, and forced displacement of a population identified on the basis of its ethnic affiliation. Such acts constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rwanda’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Amb. Martin Ngoga, on Friday urged the Security Council to take stock of the situation in DR Congo’s South Kivu province, where Congolese Tutsi communities face extermination at the hands of the government and its allies.<\/p>\n

Si le gouvernement a le droit de reprendre militairement le controle du territoire national, en tuant ses citoyens, nous avons e\u0301galement, comme citoyens, le droit et la le\u0301gitimite\u0301 de de\u0301fendre nos vies et celles des compatriotes menace\u0301s d’extermination par leur propre gouvernement https:\/\/t.co\/l39LRUfCnB<\/p>\n

\u2014 Bertrand Bisimwa (@bbisimwa) December 13, 2025<\/p>\n

During a Security Council briefing on the UN mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO), Ngoga said the extension of its mandate in the conflict-ridden country should take into consideration the Washington Peace Agreement and the Doha Framework, two complementary tracks that seek to restore peace.<\/p>\n

“As the Council considers MONUSCO\u2019s next mandate, Rwanda expects a mission that is clearly anchored in, and reinforcing of, the Washington Peace Agreement and the Doha Framework\u2014both of which the Secretary-General\u2019s report rightly identifies as the central avenues for a sustainable peace,” Ngoga said, referring to the two peace processes between Rwanda and DR Congo, and DR Congo and the AFC\/M23 rebels, respectively.<\/p>\n

He urged for strict impartiality and political neutrality, support to ceasefire implementation and political dialogue, among other principles, as the mandate of MONUSCO is poised to be extended for another year.<\/p>\n

Apart from Ngoga, during Friday\u2019s Security Council briefing on MONUSCO, no other speaker talked about the plight of these Congolese Tutsi communities, the threat posed by the existence of the Kinshasa-backed genocidal FDLR militia which also threatens Rwanda\u2019s security and territorial integrity, and the conduct of Burundian forces and their allied militias.<\/p>\n

Burundi has deployed more than 20,000 troops across key locations in South Kivu actively engaged in combat operations against the Banyamulenge population.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Rwanda. The Congolese coalition forces, with the direct and active participation of the Burundian army, continue carrying out a premeditated, systematic, and targeted extermination campaign against the Banyamulenge Tutsi civilian population in DR Congo\u2019s South Kivu Province, the spokesperson of the AFC\/M23 movement said Saturday, December 13. 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