{"id":2868,"date":"2023-03-12T16:02:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T16:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaparrot.com\/?p=2868"},"modified":"2023-03-12T16:03:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T16:03:05","slug":"angola-to-deploy-troops-after-failed-truce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaparrot.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/12\/angola-to-deploy-troops-after-failed-truce\/","title":{"rendered":"Angola to deploy troops after failed truce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Angola has said it will send a military unit to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, days after a truce it brokered failed to end fighting.<\/p><div class=\"afric-content\" id=\"afric-381710848\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schools.nyc.gov\/hello?utm_source=ecm-digital&#038;utm_medium=cpc&#038;utm_campaign=lac-dex-2026&#038;utm_content=french\" aria-label=\"French&#8212;300&#215;250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/French-300x250-1.gif?fit=300%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"  class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Both sides in the conflict &#8211; the M23 rebels and government troops &#8211; have accused each other of breaking the ceasefire that began on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An East African force was also recently deployed to the area, which is rich in minerals and has dozens of militias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UN says the conflict forced 300,000 people from their homes last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This happened in North-Kivu province, which borders Rwanda and Uganda, and is a fertile and mountainous area long plundered by rival groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is increasing concern about the humanitarian crisis caused by the fighting, which was still ongoing on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The European Union has just started an operation to fly in aid to the regional capital, Goma, saying humanitarian agencies have become overwhelmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A statement from the Angolan president&#8217;s office said the soldiers would be deployed to help secure areas that have been held by the M23 rebel group and to protect ceasefire monitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kenyan soldiers, who are part of the East African Community Regional Force, have deployed to these areas too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rebels, who are widely reported to be backed by Rwanda, had just hours earlier said they would withdraw from several captured villages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Congolese government will welcome the arrival of Angolan troops to help in the fight against the rebels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But there is a danger of this becoming a wider international conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 20 years ago the armies of at least eight African countries fought a war in eastern DR Congo, dubbed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-11108589\">&#8220;Africa&#8217;s world war&#8221;<\/a>, that caused immense suffering for the civilian population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rwanda has for many years criticised the Congolese authorities for failing to disarm Hutu rebels &#8211; some of whom are linked to the Rwandan genocide in 1994.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It denies backing the M23, which has captured vast swathes of territory over the past year and has been advancing towards Goma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A decade ago, M23 fighters also captured large parts of North Kivu &#8211; but were eventually routed by UN and regional troops and as part of a peace deal disarmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They began regrouping early last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Largely made up of Congolese army deserters, they first took up arms in 2009 accusing the government of marginalising the country&#8217;s ethnic Tutsi minority and failing to honour previous peace accords.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angola has said it will send a military unit to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, days after a truce it brokered failed to end fighting. 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