seized by the FARDC by the end of May.
(Page Address: http://radiookapi.net/actualite/2012/07/06/nord-kivu-les-rebelles-du-m23-auraient-repris-le-controle-de-la-cite-de-bunangana/)
The FARDC are alleged to have abandoned the town late last night after
ferocious multi-pronged attacks mounted by M23.
The M23 have by the same token taken control of the border post with
Rwanda and alleged to be asking refugees who've fled to Rwanda to
return home.
Radio Okapi also reports that there were sightings of fleeing FARDC
troops in refugee camps in Uganda.
In the meantime in Kinshasa, the media are reporting the presence of
Rwandan troops fighting alongside M23.
Misidentifying the Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) as the Rwandan
Patriotic Army (RPA), L'Avenir publishes today an article titled
"DRC-Rwanda: The RPA on the battlefield alongside Bosco Ntaganda's
band."
L'Avenir claims that "Rwandan aggression is now confirmed ... in the
lightning attack of Rwandan troops to take control of Buganana."
L'Avenir adds that the attack "was repelled by the valiant FARDC
troops, with the backing of MONUSCO."
And by the way, have MONUSCO troops also disengaged from their
positions in Buganana?
Meanwhile, reporter Eric Kabeera of the Kigali-based New Times reports
today that the number of Congolese refugees in Rwanda has hit the
18,000 mark, many of them sheltered at Nkamira Transit Centre, in
Rubavu District, in Western Province.
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PHOTO: MONUSCO troops in the Kivus
PHOTO CREDITS: monusco.unmissions.org
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