Clashes have resumed between the rebels M23_RDF and the loyalist forces of the FARDC_wazalendo south of Lubero after a lull observed for several hours.

 

According to sources, the fighting took place near Kaseghe, a locality located 20 km from Kirumba, main commercial center of the Lubero territory. The young Wazalendo patriotic resistance fighters launched the offensive against the progression of the rebels who were progressing not following a shield imposed on them at the height of Alimbongo on the national road as well as the Mbingi axis for the M23 rebels wanted to bypass in order to reach Lubero center via Kaseghe. Kaseghe and Alimbongo were emptied of their populations who feared the hostilities of the war. A notable person from Kirumba reports that the rebels made a strategic withdrawal towards Kirumba following the resistance they encountered, which pushed certain inhabitants of Kirumba and Kayna to take refuge in the bush for fear of possible consequences of the fighting. The Congolese loyalist forces are reorganizing to stop the advance of the M23 rebels supported by the Rwandan army. The M23/RDF tried to advance quickly to break through the defenses in Alimbongo but they fell into an ambush by the FARDC who attacked them. inflicted heavy losses. The rebels who remained had to retreat to the area around Kaseghe according to sources. According to sources in Kirumba, two rebel positions including Kasando were shelled by heavy FARDC weapons. Several dead and injured among the M23 rebels who did not expect such rapid organization by the FARDC.