The Red Cross says more than 6,000 people have fled into western Uganda.
Fighting between the M23 rebel group and the army in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has sent thousand on the run.
Nine years ago, M23 took control of swaths of territory along the DRC border with Rwanda, but was defeated in 2014 with the help of a peacekeeping mission.
Al Jazeera’s Malcolm Webb reports.
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#DRCongo #Uganda
One of the richest country in the world regarding natural resources. When will they live in peace and prosperity?
There will be peace when there is nothing left for outsiders to steal
@JL Congo is the Afghanistan of Africa.
mybe after ww3
Ever heard of the oil curse
Good journalism, AlJazeera. American media are failing. It’s good that another company is still keeping up good old professional journalism in absence of American outlets. Well done.
ok…..and can you be more specific perhaps? I mean you had bad experience with who exactly?
Like Americans don’t have enough to worry about. Pretty sure you don’t want Americans involved.
With DRC in the East African community ,It means interests especially for Kenya and Tanzania 🇹🇿, the two military powerhouses of the region
@HENRYJOHNSON Kenya is surrounded by three warring nations ,but it holds. how do you think that happens ?
@Brian Mwaura because those three nations have no interest in Kenya. But real war even Burundi is far away better cause they have experience. and weapons 😂😂 you can not compare your fighter jets with the one of updf
@HENRYJOHNSON have you ever heard of the greater Somali ideology?
@Brian Mwaura stop comparing kdf to updf only LDU can defeat your kdf in hours in this experience is needed you have zero, weapons,number of soldiers zero what will you use
@Brian Mwaura even now updf is in Congo. Central African Republic,Somalia, Sudan and comeroom kdf just words even the two ladies who attacked west gate took kdf days to kill them with the help of foreign soldiers
They are purposely displacing these innocent people so that they can take over their resources rich land…it’s an international conspiracy.
how white people not crying for congo people,only Ukraine?
@Tommy Kerwin be quiet nobodys asking for Whyte sympathy they are behind most of these wars
@E Williams so zelensky is not crying to everyone asking for essentially world war 3 no?
Should they cry for the whole world
Ukraine is in Europe and they have righ to help them
@Diaz Castro how can you sit by for injustice for others but call for it yourself
@Diaz Castro because it’s where Europe get their chocolate from.
UK AND USA ARE RESPONSIBLE OF THIS WAR . THAT WHY I STAND WITH RUSSIA 🇷🇺. EUROPE IS ST WAR SOON
The white again 👎, Please leave the Africans alone.
Yes love for everyone! islam, christians, buddism heteros gays lesbiens all = one Peace and Love!!… fck racism AND discrimation!
Just curious why this reporting after DRC joined EAC?
supported by rwanda and the usa
Why is that?
the UN does nothing but get money and commit pedophilia
Peace keepers are looters. Time to kick them out
They are on mission to pregnant women, taking advantage of the vulnerables. No one is protecting them my be because they don’t have blue eyes and blond hair.
Those poor people . Sending them prayers.
fleeing from US PROXIES…
No mention of Covid-19… ?
The best solution is to split Congo into many ethnic-based countries.
Again? I seem to have heard this story before.
The tutsi m23 must be dealt with by Congo, Tanzania, and Kenya.
They wouldn’t show this on western media because they ain’t blonde hair and blue eyes
Aw, poor baby. Do you feel morally superior now?
@polemeros have you been living in a cave?
@Nathan Mwema That’s an African thing. We have been living in two-story houses for thousands of years.
United Nation and rwanda are killing Congolese just for the resources when Congo will go to war with Rwanda we are waiting
East Africa amy will keep the peace
Keep dreaming . Do u expect musevwni to keep peace
@Diaz Castro M7 isnt the best leader but in security uve got to respect him
@Marc that guy has been destabilizing my country congo . u might be having piece in uganda but he is responsible for the unrest here
@Diaz Castro Is M7 responsible for the M23 rebels ?
The rational heart seeks knowledge, and the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
These are not white people, so don’t expect CNN to cover this.
The “African World War” continues. The most devastating war of the 21st century believe it or not. And been going on for I don’t even know how long. Hardly ever gets talked about.
😔😔😔
Well no one is white here so media don’t care
Paul Kagame at it again!
Congo needs to build its own country instead of fleeing to Uganda
Indeed that’s what I say
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Those are FDRR, not Rwandan soldiers
Africa is not a civilized continent
No body understands or want to understand M23 but they’re fighting for thier rights. keep up M23
What are they fighting for??
I hv no idea???
*US PROXY REBELS killing People as usual…*
where is the outcry?
Are you congolese ppl that weak look how massive your country and ppl are you keep hating on small rwanda. Don’t you feel embarrassed big for nothing fools. Such empty headed hating fools. Work on stabilising your country and corruption not hating on your neighbours who are progressing. In 100 yrs we will hear congolese blaming rwanda for all there issues. That’s like a small nation like Ireland being blamed by Russia for all its problems. Clearly the problem is within Congo DRC sort out your primitive greedy jealousy first. And the rest of us Africans will welcome you complaining won’t get you anywhere. If the tiny country called rwanda had no stability and was in a mess like Somalia you wouldn’t be blaming them. Take a leaf from there patriotism and leadership and work on the Congo internally stop hating like a big for nothing fool
This is not new.
Is KAGAME’s army not M23 … kagame is a war criminal
Who care, white european lives are more important right now
Will belgium intervene as in 1964!
just after Congo joined the East African community, the Europeans try to sow discord.
I wish they were ukrainians at least they would pay attention to them.
What will it take to end this war?
Federalism of the country is the only solution
@KATANGA NEWS I don’t know. It might create more problems.
@Ladislau Gomes it won’t Congo is to big and one government can’t handle it
It’s funny how the M23 Rebels call themselves Rebels.
Where is the usa to help these innocent people
Who will pray for these people?….where are the hypocritical pray for Ukraine groups ? Is it not the same human beings dying ?
Can we all take a time out to judge the west for sending weapons for their benefit of the struggles of others
the west is using its pupputes in africa to steal minerals from congo
The West will turn blind eye 👁 on this because they are Black Africans
They want the gold.
Al Jazeera was key in the spreading of propaganda that justified Uganda’s iinvasion of congo at the beginning of this year. Knowing well that the terrorist attacks in Kampala were stage managed by the govt its self. Now a conflict is brewing in Congo and i guess Al Jazeera is waiting for the next pay check from Dictator Museveni to advertise his occupation of another country.
If kagame and museveni still presidents forget East African community
Lacag radinaa
museveni and kagame are the biggest problem of the neighborhood, because of the minerals there, UN is beneficial too.
Can any one tell me another work of munusco in congo apart from stealing minerals ?
This country should not be part of eac
They didn’t come from Ruanda ? So they have wings and did fly high in the sky ? Or they have homes in the lava of the Nyiragongo ?
God please help M23 wape guvu ushidi baraka ufaamu unajuwa kiliyo ya watoto wakivu walio nyaganyiwa kivu na wauwaji wa dade Ebola.
Have hope D.R.C ….kenya we are coming
France and Belgium arming rebels here for decades but Russia is the bad guy
With all this poverty, what are u really fighting for?
This is crazy. When is Congo going to get a break?
OH please. Tell Belgien and the West to stop instigating.
The country ( Uganda)they are running to refuge is the source of the conflicts they are experiencing.