DR Congo’s President Félix Tshisekedi snubs peace talks in Nairobi

Government media reported that the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Chesikdi does not participate in brokerage talks aimed at ending the rebels’ attack on the main eastern city of Gouma.
Kenyan leader William Roto called TSHISECEDI and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame to a virtual summit, where the bodies were located in the streets of Guma after heavy fighting.
Rwanda accuses the neighboring of the support of the M23 rebel group, which has acquired many of the city, including its airport.
About 280 Roman mercenaries were fighting on the side of Dr. Kongo’s army surrendered to M23, The Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) said on X.
Rwandan government spokeswoman, Yolandi McCulo BBC, told Rwanda to participate in the summit, but she did not say whether Kagami would attend.
The United Nations says there is intense evidence that Rwanda supports M23, but Rwanda denies providing direct military support to the rebels.
Goma was mostly calm on Wednesday, with intermittent shooting in some areas.
The residents who were hiding in safe areas ventured to buy food, which has become increasingly rare after the fighting days.
The United Nations and the southern regional regional writing of South Africa from the Special Security Forces in the Goma, but they failed to stop the rebel attack.
Speaking to the BBC Nachor while he was imprisoned in a United Nations warehouse in the city, the Vice -President of the United Nations, Vivian Van de Perry, said that the M23 rebels “created” themselves in Goma, but they were still facing “pockets of resistance.”
She added that after talking with M23, the United Nations peace lawyer began to move, which was “very sooner because some of our rules have run out of food and water and literally supporting thousands of people” – including some government soldiers who surrendered.
In a clear attempt to expand their regional control, the M23 rebels are now moving towards Bocafo, the second largest city in the eastern Congo, the Reuters news agency quotes five diplomatic and security sources as saying. BBC was unable to verify this information.
The official news agency Dr. Congo said that TSHISECEDI will not attend the head of the head of state called by the leader of Kenya as head of East African Society (EAC). He did not give the reason for his decision.
Mrs. Van de Perry said that she hopes that the fighting will not increase ethnic tensions.
“We have seen some evidence of ethnic tensions in a height, and this is the worst nightmare for everyone,” she told the BBC.
The M23 leads the ethnic totsi, who say they need to carry weapons to protect the rights of the minority group in Dr. Kongo.
Rwanda’s leader is also Tutsi, and accuses the government of Dr. Kongo of providing the Hutu militias that participated in the 1994 collective genocide in Rwanda.
Since the beginning of the week, the clashes between the M23 rebels and the army and its allies have left hospitals flooded by losses and bodies in the streets, according to the United Nations.
Relief agencies said that warehouses with food and medical supplies were looted.
The basic services have not been available since the attack began, with electricity, water and the Internet.
The increasing anger at the rebel attack led to the demonstrators targeting foreign embassies in the capital, Kinshasa.
At least 10 embassies were damaged and looted by the demonstrators who demanded the intervention of the international community to end the rebel attack, as they tightened their grip on Gouma.
The Rwanda Army said that the Roman mercenaries are being transferred to the capital of Rwanda, Kigali, after “they surrendered to the M23 after the seizure of the strategic city.”
But the United Nations peacekeeper told the BBC that the Romanians resorted to the United Nations base in Goma, then they were evacuated to Rwanda.
The group coordinator, Constantine Timouft, told the TVR news channel that four of his men were injured in the clashes, but they were in a stable condition.
The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday that the group reached more than 250, and they were private sector contractors working in the government of Dr. Congo as part of the military training mission.
Dozens of them were seen on Wednesday in Gisenyi, directly across the Rwandan border from Goma, which was searched by the officers.
“We were not in a battlefield. We were here to train and help artillery,” said one of them, who only gave Emile, Agence France -Presse News Agency.
“What I learned is that anything can happen. I have come. I have done my work and now I am happy to go back and be with my family,” he added.
In 2022, the government of Dr. Kongo signed contracts with two private military companies to strengthen its forces against the rebels.
Roman employees played a decisive role in securing the main facilities, including the airport, and they had launched checkpoints on the outskirts of Goma, until the last rebel assault.
The government of Dr. Kongo Rwanda is accused of supporting the rebels to exploit the mineral wealth in the region, which is the accusation of the Kajami government.
The area is rich in minerals, such as gold and cholesters, and it is a major component in making mobile phones and batteries for electric cars.
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2025-01-29 17:15:00