Imirwano yongeye gukaza umurego mu ntara ya Nord-Kivu mu burasirazuba bwa Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo, aho umutwe wa M23 watangaje ko wamaze kugenzura agace ka Katoyi nyuma y’ibitero byamaze iminsi bivugwa muri kariya karere.
Amakuru aturuka mu baturage baho avuga ko urusaku rw’amasasu n’imbunda ziremereye rwumvikanye kuva mu masaha ya mu gitondo, ibintu byateye impungenge n’ihunga ry’abaturage bamwe berekeza mu duce dutekanye kurushaho.
Umutwe wa M23 watangaje ko wigaruriye Katoyi mu rwego rwo “kurinda abaturage no gukumira ibitero” uvuga ko byaturukaga ku ngabo za leta. Ibyo byatangajwe n’abavugizi bawo binyuze mu itangazo ryashyizwe ahagaragara ku mbuga nkoranyambaga.
Ku rundi ruhande, leta ya Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo ntiyahise yemera ayo makuru, gusa bamwe mu bayobozi b’inzego z’umutekano batangaje ko hari imirwano ikomeje mu bice bitandukanye bya Nord-Kivu, kandi ko igisirikare kiri “gukora ibishoboka byose” ngo gisubize ibintu mu buryo.
Intara ya Nord-Kivu imaze igihe ari indiri y’imitwe yitwaje intwaro, ibintu byagize ingaruka zikomeye ku baturage, by’umwihariko mu bijyanye n’ihunga n’uburenganzira bwa muntu. Imiryango itabara imbabare ivuga ko uko imirwano yongera gukara, ari ko umubare w’abimukira wiyongera, bigatuma ubuzima burushaho kugorana.
Abasesenguzi mu bya politiki bavuga ko uko M23 ikomeza kugaragaza imbaraga mu bice bimwe bya Nord-Kivu bishobora kongera umwuka mubi mu mubano w’akarere, cyane cyane hagati ya Kinshasa n’ibihugu bituranyi. Ibi kandi bishobora kongera igitutu ku biganiro bya dipolomasi byari biri kugerageza gushaka igisubizo kirambye ku mutekano muke mu burasirazuba bwa Congo.
Kugeza ubu, ntiharamenyekana umubare w’abasirikare cyangwa abasivili baguye muri iyo mirwano. Gusa abaturage bakomeje gusaba ko impande zihanganye zahagarika imirwano, hagashyirwa imbere ibiganiro by’amahoro kugira ngo ubuzima busubire mu buryo.
