Fightings were reported this Sunday July 14 in Kirumba in the Lubero territory (North Kivu). Local sources report that Wazalendo fighters launched an attack against the M23 rebels, who have occupied this town for more than a month. Heavy and light weapon fire has been heard since 5 a.m. this morning local time. According to a member of the local Youth, these shots were towards the Kirumba shopping center, but also the central market and the Birere district. It was around 9 a.m. local time that the population who had holed up in their homes began to come out, when the fighting stopped. No results of these clashes have yet been known. Without giving too many details, the administrator of the Lubero territory, Colonel Alain Kiwewa, says he is aware of these clashes. These fighting are reported in the middle of a two-week humanitarian truce, recommended since July 4 by the United States. This truce “aims to relieve the suffering of vulnerable populations and to create the conditions for a broader de-escalation of the war.
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