Ubuyobozi bw’Intara ya Kivu ya Ruguru muri DR Congo bwemeje ko Umujyi wa Bunagana wafashwe, ariko buvuga ko atari M23 ubwayo yawufashe, ko ahubwo byakozwe n’ingabo z’u Rwanda, RDF.
Mu masaha y’igitondo ku wa mbere Tariki 13 Kamena 2022, Umutwe wa M23 wemeje ko ariwo wafashe Bunagana nyuma yo kunesha ingabo za Leta mu mirwano ikomeye yabaye ku cyumweru, maze kuwa mbere mu gitondo zimwe zigahungira muri Uganda.
Itangazo ryashyizwe ahagaragara n’ibiro bya Guverineri wa Kivu ya Ruguru rivuga ko “nyuma yo kubona gutakaza gukomeye ku rugamba kw’abo bafasha, Ingabo z’u Rwanda, RDF zahisemo kurenga ku mipaka n’ubusugire bw’ubutaka bwacu zifata Umujyi wa Bunagana”.
Leta ya Kivu ya Ruguru ivuga ko ibyo ari “intambara kuri DR Congo n’igisirikare cya DR Congo, FARDC” kandi ikemeza ko “ibikenewe byose byateguwe” ngo bongere gusubiza ibintu mu maboko yabo.
Leta y’u Rwanda ntiyahwemye kwerekana aho ihagaze kuri ibi birego, ikavuga ko ikibazo cya M23 ari icy’abanyekongo ubwabo, ko ntaho u Rwanda nta nyungu rugifitemo, rugasaba ko Congo yakwicarana n’abana bayo bagacoca ibibazo.
Umuvugizi wungirije wa Leta y’u Rwanda, Alain Mukuralinda ni kenshi yakunze kubwira ibitangazamakuru bitandukanye ko “ikibazo cya M23 ari ikibazo kireba DR Congo ubwayo, idakwiye kugira undi ikigerekaho”.
Umutwe wa M23 watangaje ko gufata Bunagana bitari intego yawo, ko yawufashe mu rwego rwo “kwirinda ibitero” byo kubarasaho hakoreshejwe “imbunda zirasa kure ziri i Bunagana”.
Itangazo ryasohowe na M23 mu ijoro ryo kuwa mbere nijoro, risaba Perezida Felix Tshisekedi “nanone gufata ubu buryo agafungura ibiganiro n’umutwe wacu” uvuga ko ibi “byahagarika intambara zitari ngombwa”.
Hagati aho, umuvugizi w’igisirikare cya Uganda Brig. Gen. Felix Kulaigye yabwiye BBC Gahuzamiryango ko kuwa mbere abasirikare 137 ba DR Congo n’abapolisi 37 bahungiye muri Uganda, aho yanemeje ko umupaka w’ibi bihugu byombi wa Bunagana ugenzurwa na M23.
Abantu barenga 30,000 b’i Bunagana n’inkegero zayo bavuye mu byabo kubera iyi mirwano ikomeye yongeye kubura kuva kuwa gatandatu, muri bo harimo abahungiye muri Uganda. Umuvigizi wa M23 Willy Ngoma kuwa mbere yabwiye BBC ko bifatanyije nabo, ati: “Mu minsi micye barataha.”
Bunagana yaherukaga gufatwa na M23 mu 2012 aho yawifashishije mu kugaba ibitero byafashe umujyi wa Goma, maze M23 yamburwa Bunagana mu Ukwakira 2013.
