{"id":120133,"date":"2026-02-20T13:10:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/bisimwa-condemns-indifference-of-mediators-amid-attacks"},"modified":"2026-02-20T13:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:37:07","slug":"bisimwa-condemns-indifference-of-mediators-amid-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/bisimwa-condemns-indifference-of-mediators-amid-attacks","title":{"rendered":"Bisimwa Condemns Indifference of Mediators Amid Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>AFC\/M23 movement deputy coordinator, Bertrand Bisimwa has condemned what he describes as the \u201cindifference\u201d of peace mediators amid large-scale attacks on civilians in Minembwe and other areas of South Kivu province.<\/p>\n<p>Bisimwa&#8217;s remarks come after the movement&#8217;s spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka issued a statement on Thursday, February 19, reporting \u201cdaily, systematic, and unpunished massacres\u201d of civilians in Minembwe, Mikenge, Karingi and across the Hauts Plateaux.<\/p>\n<p>Bisimwa linked the reported violence to what he considers a failure by guarantors of the peace process to enforce commitments on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe horrific massacres carried out by the Kinshasa regime\u2019s coalition in the highlands of Minembwe are of indescribable scale and gravity,\u201d Bisimwa wrote in a Thursday post on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe indifference of the guarantors of the peace process reflects hypocrisy and complacency. The unacceptable has quickly come to pass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the statement posted on X, Kanyuka said the AFC\/M23 was alarmed by \u201cthe persistent, deliberate, and sustained silence of the international community\u201d in the face of atrocities committed by coalition forces aligned with Kinshasa, including FARDC, Rwandan genocidal militia FDLR, foreign mercenaries, and Wazalendo militias.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese shocking acts of extreme brutality, currently inflicted upon innocent and defenceless civilian populations&#8230; shatter and extinguish the hopes and legitimate aspirations of the Congolese people for a peaceful and lasting resolution to the crisis,\u201d Kanyuka said.<\/p>\n<p>He alleged that the crimes were planned by the Kinshasa regime, \u201cprimarily targeting women, children, and the elderly,\u201d adding they constitute a violation of the International Humanitarian Law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis silence, inaction, and complacency in the face of such grave crimes reflect a heavy moral and political responsibility, for which history will inevitably demand accountability,\u201d Kanyuka said.<\/p>\n<p>AFC\/M23 has also maintained that Tshisekedi sought to fragment peace efforts as he pursues a military solution. The rebels said the talks in Luanda and proposed ceasefire, which came at Tshisekedi&#8217;s request could divert attention from his failure to implement commitments made during the Doha peace talks, which began launched in April 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Under the Doha track, the parties signed a mandate establishing a structured mechanism to implement and monitor a formal ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>On February 2, they agreed on modalities to be overseen by the UN peacekeeping mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO), in coordination with the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) through its Expanded Joint Verification Mechanism.<\/p>\n<p>Kanyuka said the latest attacks constitute \u201cflagrant and tragic violations of the ceasefire, deliberately and cynically trampling upon the commitments undertaken under the Doha and Washington agreements.\u201d<\/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. AFC\/M23 movement deputy coordinator, Bertrand Bisimwa has condemned what he describes as the \u201cindifference\u201d of peace mediators amid large-scale attacks on civilians in Minembwe and other areas of South Kivu province. Bisimwa&#8217;s remarks come after the movement&#8217;s spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka issued a statement on Thursday, February 19, reporting \u201cdaily, systematic, and unpunished [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":120131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[6999,2542,7133,758,7868],"class_list":["post-120133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-afc-m23","tag-dr-congo","tag-minembwe","tag-rwanda","tag-south-kivu"],"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>Bisimwa Condemns Indifference of Mediators Amid Attacks - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"AFC\/M23 movement deputy coordinator, Bertrand Bisimwa has condemned what he describes as the \u201cindifference\u201d of peace med ...\" \/>\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\/bisimwa-condemns-indifference-of-mediators-amid-attacks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bisimwa Condemns Indifference of Mediators Amid Attacks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"AFC\/M23 movement deputy coordinator, Bertrand Bisimwa has condemned what he describes as the \u201cindifference\u201d of peace med ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/bisimwa-condemns-indifference-of-mediators-amid-attacks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-20T13:10:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-20T13:37:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2026\/02\/sm_1771581931.537383.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=\"3 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\/bisimwa-condemns-indifference-of-mediators-amid-attacks#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/bisimwa-condemns-indifference-of-mediators-amid-attacks\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Bisimwa Condemns Indifference of Mediators Amid Attacks\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-20T13:10:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-20T13:37:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/bisimwa-condemns-indifference-of-mediators-amid-attacks\"},\"wordCount\":435,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/bisimwa-condemns-indifference-of-mediators-amid-attacks#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2026\/02\/sm_1771581931.537383.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"AFC\/M23\",\"DR Congo\",\"Minembwe\",\"Rwanda\",\"South Kivu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/bisimwa-condemns-indifference-of-mediators-amid-attacks#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/bisimwa-condemns-indifference-of-mediators-amid-attacks\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/bisimwa-condemns-indifference-of-mediators-amid-attacks\",\"name\":\"Bisimwa Condemns Indifference of Mediators Amid Attacks - 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