AFC/M23 Yemeje Urupfu rwa Lt. Col. Willy Ngoma, Igira n’Ibyo Isaba Ubutabera
Ihuriro Alliance Fleuve Congo, AFC/M23 ryatangaje ku mugaragaro urupfu rwa Lt. Col. Willy Ngoma, umwe mu basirikare bakuru ndetse n’umuvugizi waryo, uherutse kugwa mu gitero cyagabwe mu gace ka Rubaya, mu Ntara ya Kivu y’Amajyaruguru.
Mu itangazo ryasohowe kuri uyu wa gatandatu tariki ya 28/02/2026, iri huriro ryavuze ko Lt. Col. Ngoma yishwe tariki ya 24/02/2026, rikemeza ko yaguyemo mu bitero byifashishije indege zitagira abapilote (drones) by’ingabo za Leta ya Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo. AFC/M23 ishinja ubuyobozi bwa Kinshasa gukomeza kurenga ku masezerano y’agahenge yari agamije guhagarika imirwano no koroshya inzira y’ibiganiro bya politiki.
Nk’uko iri tangazo ribigaragaza, AFC/M23 ivuga ko kuva mu byumweru bishize yakomeje kuburira abafatanyabikorwa b’amahanga n’abari mu biganiro by’amahoro ko hari ibikorwa byo kurenga ku gahenge byakomeje kugaragara mu bice bitandukanye bya Kivu y’Amajyaruguru na Kivu y’Amajyepfo.
Iri huriro rishimangira ko ibitero bya drone n’amasasu aremereye byagabwe mu duce dutuwe cyane n’abaturage byahitanye abasivile benshi, rinavuga ko ibyo bikorwa byabaye impamvu yo gusubukura imirwano mu buryo bwagutse. Mu duce twavuzwe harimo Rubaya, kimwe n’ahandi hagiye hagaragara imirwano mu minsi ishize.
AFC/M23 ivuga ko ibi byatumye “intambara ishyirwaho ku gahato,” ishimangira ko itazihanganira ibikorwa yita ibyaha byibasira abasivile n’ingabo zayo.
Lt. Col. Willy Ngoma yari umwe mu basirikare bakuru ba AFC/M23, anafite inshingano zo kuvugira uyu mutwe mu itangazamakuru. Urupfu rwe rufatwa nk’igihombo gikomeye ku rwego rwa gisirikare n’itumanaho muri iri huriro.
Mu butumwa bwayo, AFC/M23 yavuze ko urupfu rwe ari “ingaruka z’ibitero byagabwe ku bushake ku basirikare n’abaturage bari kure y’imirongo y’urugamba,” ishimangira ko amaraso ye atazibagirana kandi ko hazafatwa ingamba zo kurinda abaturage no kurengera inyungu z’uwo mutwe.
Umutwe wa M23 wagaragaye bwa mbere mu 2012, uvuga ko wavutse ku mpamvu z’uko Leta ya Congo yananiwe kubahiriza amasezerano yari yaragiranye n’uwahoze ari umutwe wa CNDP. Nyuma yo gutsindwa mu mpera za 2013, abarwanyi ba M23 bahungiye mu bihugu bituranye na Congo.
Mu mpera za 2021, M23 yongeye kugaragara mu mirwano mu Ntara ya Kivu y’Amajyaruguru, ifata ibice bitandukanye birimo umujyi wa Bunagana, mbere y’uko imirwano yongera gukaza umurego mu 2022 na 2023. Kuva icyo gihe, habayeho ibiganiro byinshi by’amahoro byayobowe n’imiryango y’akarere, birimo Umuryango wa Afurika y’Iburasirazuba (EAC) n’Umuryango w’Iterambere ry’Ibihugu bya Afurika y’Amajyepfo (SADC), hagamijwe guhagarika imirwano no gushakira umuti urambye ikibazo cy’umutekano mu burasirazuba bwa Congo.
Nubwo habayeho amasezerano y’agahenge inshuro nyinshi, impande zombi zakomeje gushinjanya kurenga ku byo ziyemeje, bituma imirwano itongera kubura mu bice bimwe na bimwe.
Isubukurwa ry’imirwano rikomeje guteza impungenge ku baturage batuye mu bice byibasirwa n’intambara, aho benshi bahungira mu nkambi z’abimuwe n’intambara cyangwa bakambuka imipaka bajya mu bihugu bituranye. Ibikorwa bya gisirikare bikoresha intwaro zigezweho nka drones byatumye impungenge ku mutekano w’abaturage zirushaho kwiyongera.
AFC/M23 mu itangazo ryayo yagaragaje ko izakomeza “guhagarara ku ruhande rw’abaturage” no kurengera ubuzima n’ibyabo, mu gihe ishinja Leta ya Congo gukomeza ibikorwa by’intambara aho kwimakaza inzira y’ibiganiro.
Ku rundi ruhande, ubuyobozi bwa Kinshasa bwagiye buvuga ko bukomeje kurwanya imitwe yitwaje intwaro mu rwego rwo kugarura ubusugire bw’igihugu no kurinda umutekano w’abaturage.
Mu gihe impande zombi zikomeje gutsimbarara ku myanya yazo, amahanga akomeje guhamagarira impande zishyamiranye kubahiriza amasezerano y’agahenge no gusubira ku meza y’ibiganiro, hagamijwe kwirinda ko intambara yakongera gufata intera yagutse, igateza ibindi byago ku baturage basanzwe babayeho mu buzima bugoye.
