Lull was observed this Wednesday, August 21 in the Mufunyi Shanga group in the south of the Masisi territory (North Kivu).
The Mufunyi group has returned to calm after clashes early Tuesday afternoon between M23 rebels and fighters from local armed groups in the villages of Kabashe and Kashengamutwe.
These villages are located on the hills overlooking the town of Bweremana.
According to some local sources, local fighters clashed with a rebel patrol, which was attempting to cross to the west of Shasha.
The sound of gunfire was heard until around 2 p.m. local time on Tuesday, the same sources continued.
Violent clashes also broke out this Wednesday morning at 2:00 a.m. in the territory of Masisi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The M23/RDF rebels were confronted by the FARDC, supported by the Wazalendo. The fighting concentrated in Rupfunda and Rukopfu less than 10 km from Bihambwe.
These clashes come as authorities from Kinshasa and Kigali meet in Luanda, Angola, for peace talks mediated by Angolan President João Lourenço
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