People's Republic of Congo requests urgent session of the UN Security Council

Published at: 24/01/2025 01:54 PM

This Friday, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) called for an emergency public session of the United Nations Security Council due to the worsening situation in North Kivu, as reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Thérèse Kayikwamba, foreign minister of the DRC, is in New York to submit the request, at a time when the city of Goma, capital of the province of North Kivu, is under siege by rebels of the March 23 Movement (M23) with the help of Rwanda.

“The Congolese Government stresses that this crisis in the east of the country is mainly the result of the Council's decisive inaction, despite the internationalization of the conflict and the clear evidence of the Rwandan presence on Congolese soil,” Kayikwamba wrote on the social network X.

The city of Goma woke up this Friday with a significant interruption of the internet connection and a cut in the mobile phone connection, in addition to the fact that a large part of the city was also without water or electricity, details Radio Okapi.

Mazo News Team