In a statement released on Saturday night by Lawrence Kanyuka, the rebels’ spokesperson, M23 argues that the presence of FARDC soldiers in Goma is worsening the social and humanitarian crisis in the city and its surrounding areas, resulting in increased suffering for the citizens, constitutes a flagrant violation of human rights.
Dickson Kamuhanda, an eyewitness says that the accident happened when the taxi Toyota Corona registration number UAQ 372M that was carrying passengers from Katuna to Kahungye failed to climb a hill at Habuhuriro and rolled back before it overturned several times.
In a statement released on Saturday evening by Dlamini Siphiwe, the army’s head of communication, seven of the dead are under Southern African Development Community Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (SAMIDRC) while two are part of MONUSCO.
