The Congolese army supports these young resistance fighters with artillery and combat helicopters, to prevent the coalition M23_RDF from treading national road number two, which they seek at all costs to reach in order to completely isolate the city of Goma .
Many residents of Kirotshe and Shasha continue to abandon these entities, heading towards Bweremana and Minova . At Sake panic still reigns, the soldiers FARDC becoming very numerous in this strategic city, which remains the last barrier before reaching the city of Goma .
There was no fighting last night!Though there were some attacks in evening of yesterday by combat helicopter that tried to shell the m23 positions.
By 6:30 hours at SAKE in the Kamuronza grouping, Masisi territory.
A precarious calm has reigned since the night of Friday until Saturday, December 9, 2023, on all front lines.
Yesterday Friday, violent fighting was reported at the hill of Ngingwe , Muremure , and part of Kagano towards village Shonga .
Strategic mountains located near the locality of Kituva on the axis Kirotshe , Shasha and Bweremana , on the Sake-Minova road.
Yesterday in the morning even on the axis Kirotshe and Shasha and #Kihindo , several injured residents and deaths were reported following the bullets of the rebel coming from the mountainous axis.
A school director allegedly killed by rebelsof M23 at Musongati.
The principal of Kahurizi primary school in the Masisi 2 sub-division was killed by suspected M23 rebels. The incident happened on the night of Thursday December 7, 2023.
The victim Mboze Hoze was surprised by a group of M23 rebels at his home. They shot him without asking. This head of establishment lost his life on site, according to sources.
Situation yesterday evening 08:30PM
Resident tensions was high on the lakeside axis in Masisi territory, following the advance of the M23 rebels.
Many residents of the villages of Kiluku, Kabase and Shasha moved largely to Bweremana , after an afternoon very agitated by rumors of the arrival of the M23 rebels. Around 3 p.m., some soldiers from FARDC who wanted to retreat to Shasha from the mountain of Ngingwe in the locality of Karuba , saw themselves caught by the Wazalendo of Shasha, who said they did not want them to abandon the combat zone. These clashes caused a strong panic among certain residents who abandoned the locality, rumors had circulated saying that the M23 had seized Shasha , a locality which, once taken, would leave the town in isolation from Goma via the city of Sake to the rest of the Democratic Republic of Congo, apart from Lake Kivu located in its southern part.
Two bombs also exploded near the Shasha health center during the day, there were injuries among the civilian population according to the information we have.
Calm has returned this evening throughout Shasha which remains under the control of young patriotic resistance fighters, the number of soldiers FARDC has also just been reinforced in this entity located on the national road Goma_Minova_Bukavu .
On the Mushaki Kabaya axis, the M23 rebels advanced to Bunyole, Kabaya up to a few kilometers from Bihambwe .
This morning, we have confirmation that the M23 rebels are in Kabaya 2, on the hill occupied by Baudouin NGARUYE in 2007.
The inhabitants of Bihambwe, out of fear, fled all night heading towards Katale, and others headed towards Rubaya .
This morning again, some rubaya populations were abandoning the area heading towards Kinigi, Kibabi and Katoyi, fearing the advance of the rebels.
In all areas, everything was calm this morning.
Several observers believe that the intensification of attacks by the M23 rebels is a form of blackmail and one-upmanship, to prove to public opinion that the EAC_RF contributed greatly to the maintenance of peace and stability in areas where they cohabited. with the rebels.
The representative of the secretary general of the UN in RDC Madame Bintou Keita, yesterday called on all parties to "defuse tensions, and the M23 to immediately cease hostilities, while recalling that the MONUSCO stands by alongside the FARDC , and will do everything to ensure the protection of civilians.
At Mushaki where the whole day yesterday was characterized by clashes, this morning the situation is calm. The FARDC control the hill of the Mushaki antenna located more or less 6km from the center of Mushaki, and the rebels are in Rumeniti (around 9km from Mushaki center).
In the rest of the areas of the territories of Rutshuru and Masisi, the situation is calm until this morning.
Yesterday Monday at the beginning of the afternoon, a convoy of vehicles carrying the baggage and military effects of the Kenyan force, left Goma taking the road to Bunagana , to reach Nairobi passing by uganda .
This Kenyan force of the EAC_RF which had become useless in the eyes of the Congolese for having failed to restore security, began its withdrawal from Congolese territory since last Sunday, where more than 3 rotations were carried out, and the withdrawal continues .
SOME CHANGES IN FARDC!
Lt General Padiri Bulenda David has been appointed as the new National Coordinator of the Defense Armed Reserve in the DRC. Major General Mayanga Makishuba January as Deputy National Coordinator in charge of organization and intelligence.
The rebels from M23 have been attacking the army positions at NENERO in the territory of Masisi on the road axis Sake ,Kitshanga since 5:45 a.m. Detonations of heavy and light weapons are heard in the town of Sake, 27 km west of the city of Goma.As the clashes become very harsh around the hill known as 3 antennas which overlooks Mushaki on the road axis Sake -Rubaya . The rebels are desperate to take the city of Mushaki. Control of Mushaki is a plan to move towards the DRC's large mineral deposit ( Rubaya ).The FARDC aerial fleet is in the air to stop the progress of the rebels towards the city of Sake and Mushaki.
The rebels announced in a press release yesterday Sunday that they will recover all the positions occupied by the EAC military forces.
This new fighting has caused the displacement of hundreds of people and aggravated an almost permanent humanitarian crisis in this part of the country, a few days before the general elections.Rumours are everywhere that the educated Laurent Nkunda has dropped on the field to bring more morale and political incentives to the M23 side.Within the top brass of M23 is a thorough plan to take over key points and later march for Goma.
