CHAWAI COMMUNITY APPEALS TO GOV. UBA SANI FOR RELIEF, MEDICAL SUPPORT AFTER DEADLY KAURU ATTACK. (PHOTO).

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 Chawai Community Appeals To Gov. Uba Sani For Relief, Medical Support After Deadly Kauru Attack The people of Chawai Chiefdom in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State have appealed to Governor Uba Sani to provide urgent relief and medical assistance to victims of the deadly attack on Naridon village in Kamaru Ward. In an open letter addressed to the governor, the community commended his leadership, describing his administration as inclusive and fair. They said this had given residents confidence that every community in the state is valued. The community, however, expressed concern over what it described as the lack of government intervention following the attack on Naridon village, in which it said 30 people were killed. According to the letter, many survivors and families of the victims are still struggling with grief, trauma, displacement, and the challenges of caring for those injured in the attack. The community said many affected residents feel neglected, as they have y...

CLASHES INTENSIFY IN DRC'S BORDER CITY OF UVIRA BETWEEN PRO-GOVERNMENT FORCES AND M23 REBELS. (PHOTO).

Clashes intensify in DRC's border city of Uvira between pro-government forces and M23 rebels


Clashes broke out on Monday near Uvira in the Democratic Republic of Congo between the M23 rebels and pro-government forces, days after M23 vowed to withdraw from the city, local sources said.


M23 rebels had seized the strategic city near the border with Burundi earlier this month, shortly after the Congolese and Rwandan governments signed a peace deal in Washington that US President Donald Trump hailed as a "great miracle."


But US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has since accused Rwanda of violating the peace agreement it signed with its neighbour on December 4, and vowed unspecified "action" in response. Kigali, however, denies, instead claiming that its neighbours, DRC and Burundi, are individually breaching the ceasefire agreement.


The leader of the M23's political branch, Corneille Nangaa, announced that the group would "unilaterally withdraw its forces from the city of Uvira, as requested by the US mediators."


Exchange of gunfire


However, plainclothes M23 members stayed behind in the city, according to local and security sources.


M23 and pro-Kinshasa forces called the Wazalendo traded gunfire on Monday "that could be heard across Uvira", Mafikiri Mashimango, a local civil society leader, told AFP.


People remained indoors for safety and activity in the city was "paralysed", according to a resident contacted by telephone.


Clashes appeared to be focused on surrounding hills and neighbourhoods in the south and southwest of the city, including near the port of Kalundu on Lake Tanganyika, residents reported.


'Media coup'


A bomb landed in Mulongwe, southeast of Uvira, "and bullets are flying above our houses", said a local.


DR Congo's armed forces have called the M23 withdrawal promise "a media coup designed to fool public opinion" and accused the group of re-deploying in the hillsides above Uvira.

 

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