A number of hundred girls wearing black demonstrated in Kinshasa on Wednesday, demanding an finish to the battle in japanese DR Congo, the place clashes between the military and rebels have elevated lately.
Banners proclaimed “12 million victims since 1994”, “Have pity on the ladies and households of japanese DRC” and “Congo will stay entire and indivisible”.
The march, convened by Minister of Gender, Household and Kids Gisele Ndaya, introduced collectively primarily politicians and civil servants.
The demonstration happened peacefully beneath police supervision, in distinction to demonstrations by dozens of youth final week within the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo in opposition to international embassies and UN installations accused of supporting M23 rebels within the conflict-ridden east .
The march ended on the president's workplace, the place the minister delivered a press release condemning Rwanda's “expansionist needs… and the exploitation of DRC's pure sources.”
She lashed out at what she stated was the “silence… the complicity of the worldwide neighborhood, represented by the US, France, Belgium, the UK, Poland.”
The minister then criticized the “immoral coverage of supporting the aggressors (of the DRC) on the one hand, and inappropriate humanitarian help on the opposite.”
“Why doesn't the worldwide neighborhood put an finish to this infinite battle,” puzzled Dada Kasele, whose father died on the entrance in the course of the second Congo battle from 1998-2003.
“All of them know that the principle killer is named Paul Kagame,” the Rwandan president informed AFP. “We wish peace, peace for our households, our dad and mom.”
Clashes have elevated in latest days across the strategic city of Sake, about 20 kilometers from Goma, the capital of North Kivu province.
The DRC, the UN and Western international locations say Rwanda is backing rebels in a bid to regulate its huge mineral sources, a declare Kigali denies.
The M23 group, made up primarily of Tutsis, has captured massive elements of North Kivu since rising from dormancy in late 2021.
