{"id":121579,"date":"2026-04-07T14:06:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/nyarugabo-condemns-attacks-on-minembwe-by-neighbors"},"modified":"2026-04-07T14:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:27:11","slug":"nyarugabo-condemns-attacks-on-minembwe-by-neighbors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/nyarugabo-condemns-attacks-on-minembwe-by-neighbors","title":{"rendered":"Nyarugabo Condemns Attacks on Minembwe by Neighbors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Burundian and Congolese forces continue to expand coordinated military operations in eastern DR Congo, with reports of joint offensives deploying heavy artillery and combat drones against villages in Minembwe, South Kivu.<\/p>\n

In a statement released on April 1, Congolese lawyer Moise Nyarugabo denounced what he described as \u201cthe war of (Presidents) Felix Tshisekedi and Evariste Ndayishimiye against the Banyamulenge,\u201d detailing combined operations by the Congolese army (FARDC) and Burundi\u2019s National Defence Force (FDNB).<\/p>\n

He warned that the offensives have already inflicted significant civilian casualties and deepened the humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the night of March 30-31, drones belonging to Mr. Tshisekedi and Mr. Ndayishimiye bombed the village of Gakenke,\u201d Nyarugabo wrote, noting that dozens of livestock were killed and herders injured.<\/p>\n

He added that Burundian and FARDC battalions, after bombarding Gakenke, Kalongi Kalingi, and Bidegu with heavy artillery attempted to advance and occupy them, but were repelled after inflicting civilian casualties.<\/p>\n

According to his account, the joint operations continued into the following night with renewed drone strikes on multiple villages, including Ilundu, causing further destruction of livelihoods.<\/p>\n

Nyarugabo described the attacks as systematic, accusing both governments of targeting a community while the international community remained silent.<\/p>\n

These actions, he said, \u201ccall into question the attitude, complicity, and indifference of all those who witness these horrors and yet remain silent.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cThe silence is as if to say they are waiting to be personally harmed before rising up against the cruelties inflicted by the two governments on the Banyamulenge, besieged in Minembwe, deprived of everything, living in a concentration camp where the elderly, children, and women are killed, their cows (their only wealth) are killed as well, so that those not killed by drones or mortar bombs must die of hunger or disease.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd tomorrow, governments and humanitarian organizations will come to lecture us. What cynicism!\u201d<\/p>\n

Nyarugabo\u2019s earlier post on March 30 underscored the human cost of the escalating violence. He recounted the death of a child, Patient Uwezo Ombeni, reportedly killed by a drone strike while tending cattle in Gakenke.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not a mistake or an accident. These killings are intentional, deliberate, and premeditated,\u201d he wrote, attributing responsibility to the leadership of both countries and warning of future accountability.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe blood of these vulnerable innocents will undoubtedly stain those who facilitate, cover up, and encourage the perpetrators of this genocide against the Banyamulenge. Those who give them carte blanche to exterminate people.\u201d<\/p>\n

His sentiments echo earlier reports by AFC\/M23 spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka, who on March 31 said coalition forces aligned with Kinshasa had launched \u201cwidespread and coordinated attacks across all front lines,\u201d including Minembwe, Kalehe, and Lubero.<\/p>\n

Mise a\u0300 jour du 31 mars 2026<\/p>\n

Depuis les premie\u0300res heures de ce mardi 31 mars 2026, la coalition des forces du re\u0301gime de Kinshasa, notamment les FARDC, FDLR, milices wazalendo, mercenaires ainsi que la Force de De\u0301fense Nationale du Burundi, a de\u0301clenche\u0301 des attaques ge\u0301ne\u0301ralise\u0301es et…<\/p>\n

Kanyuka said the offensive involved not only FARDC and Burundian troops, but also the Kinshasa\u2010backed Rwandan genocidal militia FDLR, Wazalendo militias, and mercenaries, describing the operations as \u201cdeliberately targeting densely populated areas with heavy artillery and combat drones.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Minembwe, he cited villages such as Rugezi, Kalingi, Gakenke, and Bidegu as under sustained bombardment.<\/p>\n

The FDLR, a group formed by perpetrators of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, has long been implicated in the persecution of Congolese Tutsi communities, and launched cross\u2010border attacks on Rwanda.<\/p>\n

While the Washington Accords signed on June 27 between Rwanda and DR Congo committed both countries to neutralizing the militia, with Rwanda agreeing to lift defensive measures in return, Kinshasa continues to empower the FDLR to fight on its behalf against the AFC\/M23 movement.<\/p>\n

In a separate statement on April 1, Kanyuka accused the Congolese government of \u201cdeploying the FDLR across all front lines, in total disregard of its commitments to neutralize them,\u201d calling it \u201ca blatant violation of the ceasefire.\u201d<\/p>\n

A\u0300 l\u2019attention du peuple congolais et de la communaute\u0301 internationale:<\/p>\n

Le re\u0301gime de Kinshasa persiste, avec une irresponsabilite\u0301 coupable et une duplicite\u0301 re\u0301voltante, a\u0300 de\u0301ployer les FDLR sur toutes les lignes de front, au me\u0301pris total de ses engagements de les neutraliser. Cette…<\/p>\n

\u201cThe offensives of Kinshasa\u2019s coalition forces spread death and devastation: innocent civilians are massacred, homes reduced to ashes, and thousands of families displaced,\u201d Kanyuka said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis scorched-earth policy only worsens an already dire humanitarian crisis, provoked and amplified by Kinshasa\u2019s indiscriminate use of drones and heavy artillery.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that \u201csilence and inaction are no longer acceptable. This deliberate choice reflects a blatant disregard for any prospect of a peaceful resolution to the conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n

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