M23 reaffirms its stay in Kibumba as they eye Goma

 Front line situation s of Thursday

Situation report on Thursday.

While the M23 rebels and their army allies Rwandaise tried to overflow at the foot of the volcano Nyiragongo to take the city of Goma on the morning of this Thursday, a consistent response with precise fire from the FARDC imposed itself, going so far as to dislodge M23_RDF in the hills of Bisogo, Nyundo, the villages of Kingarame and Burambo in the grouping of Buhumba .

This muscular response forced the rebels to move the artillery with which they were shelling the positions of FARDC in Hehu, on the Congolese border of Kasizi .

A resident of Buhumba  believes that this disillusionment "would already push the M23 to regret having provoked the FARDC from their positions of observing the ceasefire". He still thinks that if the rebels lose Kibumba following the fighting, it will be a stab in the back of the M23 which will no longer have an easy time getting its reinforcements from Rwanda to its positions in the Masisi .

Already this evening, reinforcements in men and ammunition from Rwanda and Rutshuru for the M23 are reported in Kibumba, to probably try to regain control of the situation which has escaped them since midday on Wednesday.

In the territory of Rutshuru , the M23 rebels advanced to Bambo in the evening hours after harsh clashes, and Birambizo in the Bukombo grouping.

An ambush has just been laid on the rebels in the Murambi and Kiringa neighborhoods in #Rutshuru center this evening, several bullets crackled for the cause.

Situation report on this Friday:

The situation is calm in the group #Kibumba in Nyiragongo territory, no clashes have been reported this morning.

The city of Kibumba remains under the control of the #M23 rebels who reinforced their numbers throughout the night.

The young people #Wazalendo have already set up their positions around this city, where fighting could break out at any time.

In the territory of #Rutshuru , the M23 rebels present in part of the city of Bambo, have been since 6:20 am, launching shells at the position of #FARDC at the level of Jite, to reassure themselves of the raking of this position before deploying there.

The rebels spent the night in Rebero , one of the districts of the city of Bambo, the latter have not yet crossed the center of Bambo .

The provisional collateral damage from yesterday's clashes shows 2 dead civilians whose bodies were found, 1 slightly injured and 3 transferred to Kibirizi hospital including 2 children and 1 adult man.

Several houses were hit by bombs thrown by the rebels, our source confirms.

The situation is calm in the group kibumba in Nyiragongo territory, no clashes have been reported this morning.

The city of Kibumba remains under the control of the M23 rebels who reinforced their numbers throughout the night. The wazalendo have already set up their positions around this city, where fighting could break out at any time. In the territory of Rutshuru the M23 rebels present in part of the city of Bambo, have been since 6:20 am, launching shells at the position of FARDC at Jite, to reassure themselves of the raking of this position before deploying there. The rebels spent the night in Rebero , one of the districts of the city of Bambo, the latter have not yet crossed the center of bambo. The provisional collateral damage from yesterday's clashes shows 2 dead civilians whose bodies were found, 1 slightly injured and 3 transferred to Kibirizi hospital including 2 children and 1 adult man. Several houses were hit by bombs thrown by the rebels, our source confirms.