The army on Sunday gained control of Rutshuru, Kiwanja and Buhumba towns in
the Rutshuru area of North Kivu province
Joseph Kay And Saleh Mwanamilongo, The Associated Press
| Oct 27, 2013 | Last Updated: Oct 27, 2013 5:00 UTC
GOMA, Congo The Congolese army took three towns in eastern Congo Sunday in
fresh fighting against the M23 rebels, said the army spokesman.
The army says it has found two mass graves in Kibumba, a town it took on
Saturday, according to the provincial governor.
The army on Sunday gained control of Rutshuru, Kiwanja and Buhumba towns in
the Rutshuru area of North Kivu province, near Congos border with Rwanda,
army spokesman Lt. Col. Olivier Hamuli told The Associated Press.
It was not possible to independently verify that the army holds those three
towns.
A United Nations peacekeeper, a lieutenant from Tanzania, was killed in
Kiwanja, while protecting the civilian population, according to Sy Koumbo,
UN information officer. Another Tanzanian soldier was injured, she said.
The army, using tanks and hseavy artillery, is also fighting the M23 rebels
in the hills surrounding Kibumba town. The army said it won control of
Kibumba on Saturday and now is advancing on the M23 rebels who retreated to
the hills toward the Rwandan border.
In Kibumba, the army discovered two mass graves, North Kivu Governor Julien
Paluku told AP. The army has been ordered not to touch the graves so that
they can be investigated by the government and the United Nations
peacekeeping mission to Congo.
U.N. forces are not participating in the fighting, but are in armoured
personnel carriers and jeeps with mounted machine-guns several kilometres
(miles) behind the army forces.
The M23 rebels and the Congolese government were urged by top U.N. officials
to resolve their differences at the negotiating table in Kampala, Uganda.
We request all parties to exercise maximum restraint and to resume
negotiations in Kampala, said the head of the U.N. mission to Congo, Martin
Kobler, and Mary Robinson, the U.N.s special representative to Africas
Great Lakes region, in a joint statement issued Saturday.
Thé Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni and Dr. Kiiza Besigye Uganda is in anarchy"
Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi
"Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni na Dk. Kiiza Besigye Uganda ni katika machafuko"
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