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 by AFP Staff Writers Kinshasa (AFP) Dec 1, 2022
The Democratic Republic of Congo's army on Thursday accused a notorious rebel group of killing 50 civilians and of breaching a truce in fighting with the armed forces. In a statement, spokesman General Sylvain Ekenge said the M23 group was "carrying out massacres... the most recent of which is that of 50 Congolese civilians, heinously murdered on Tuesday in Kishishe," a village north of the eastern city of Goma. Fighting with heavy weapons erupted between both sides earlier in the day, shaking the five-day-old truce. The ceasefire took effect in North Kivu province at the weekend following a summit between DRC and its smaller neighbour Rwanda. It was to have been followed by a rebel pullout from captured territory, a withdrawal that has yet to take place. Kinshasa accuses Rwanda of providing M23 with support, something that UN experts and US officials have also pointed to in recent months. But Kigali disputes the charge.
Burkina Faso seeks French arms for anti-jihadist volunteers Ouagadougou (AFP) Dec 1, 2022 Burkina Faso has asked France, its former colonial power and ally, to provide "weapons and ammunition" for a civilian volunteer force battling a bloody jihadist insurgency. Prime Minister Apollinaire Kielem de Tembela made the request on Tuesday in a meeting with French ambassador Luc Hallade, the premier's office said. He referred to a drive to recruit 50,000 members of the Volunteers for the Defence of the Fatherland (VDP) - a civilian militia that supports the army in the fight against jihad ... read more
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