{"id":99198,"date":"2025-04-12T18:12:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T18:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/dr-congo-crisis-north-kivu-governor-calms-goma-residents-after-night-gunfire"},"modified":"2025-04-12T18:12:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T18:12:43","slug":"dr-congo-crisis-north-kivu-governor-calms-goma-residents-after-night-gunfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/dr-congo-crisis-north-kivu-governor-calms-goma-residents-after-night-gunfire","title":{"rendered":"DR Congo crisis: North Kivu governor calms Goma residents after night gunfire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>The governor of DR Congo\u2019s North Kivu Province, Erasto Musanga Bahati, has assured residents of continued peace and stability following a gunfire exchange on the night of April 11.<\/p>\n

In a statement issued on April 12, Bahati confirmed that the incident, which occurred around 10 p.m. in Goma\u2019s Lac Vert and Keshero neighbourhoods, was a confrontation between the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC\/M23) rebel fighters and forces from a Congolese government coalition comprising Wazalendo, FDLR, and FARDC forces.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Governor of North Kivu informs the population of Goma and surrounding areas that the gunfire heard last night was due to an attack by enemy coalitions on our positions. They were swiftly repelled by our forces,\u201d the statement reads in part.<\/p>\n

Bahati urged the population to remain calm, stressing that the situation had been contained.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo need to worry. Your army, the ARC, has driven out the enemies who tried to destabilize your peace for more than an hour during the night,\u201d he said. \u201cRest assured that your army is determined to guarantee peace and security.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rebel spokesperson Willy Ngoma also addressed the situation through his official X (formerly Twitter) account, stating: \u201cAfter yet another provocation by the criminal coalition (FARDC, FDLR, Wazalendo, etc.) across several neighborhoods around Goma, the situation is now under control. Calm reigns. The lions remain vigilant. The defense and protection of the population is our duty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reports from the area also suggest that several Wazalendo fighters were captured alive during the failed incursion west of Goma.<\/p>\n

The AFC\/M23 rebellion has vowed to uproot tribalism, nepotism, corruption, and the genocide ideology spread by the DR Congo-backed Rwandan genocidal militia, FDLR, among other vices, widespread in DR Congo. FDLR is a DR Congo-backed terrorist militia founded in mid-2000 by remnants of the masterminds of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda that poses an existential threat to the Congolese Tutsi community.<\/p>\n

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