Unconfirmed reports indicate that Bujumbura international airport has received a plane carrying over 400 Angolan troops currently waiting to cross into Uvira City, South Kivu in DRC.
A source has said that this evening, a battalion of South African Defense Forces troops is expected to also arrive in Bujumbura for deployment in Uvira.
Angola, South African troops will ally with the DRC, Burundi Soldiers, Wazalendo militia and the FDLR militia to stage military campaign against the AFC/M23 rebels who have for almost a week surrounded Uvira City leaving only one opening towards lake Tanganyika.
Meanwhile, targeted drone Strikes continue to eliminate Tutsi Congolese civilians in highland areas in South Kivu.
The villages of Ilundu and Kalindi/Bidegu, located in the Minembwe region, were the targets of drone strikes attributed to the FARDC, operated with the support of foreign mercenaries.
Banyamulenge civilian populations and their property are targeted on the pretext that their homes or farms serve as hideouts for Twirwaneho fighters.
A coalition of FDLR-CRAP and the CMC Nyatura have also strengthened their positions with significant support from the Congolese government.
Their objective is to carry out guerrilla operations targeting civilians, humanitarian and military convoys, in order to destabilize the AFC-M23.
The Congolese troops FARDC, on Friday carried out attacks in civilian areas and destroyed crops in the fields of Bahema, looted and burned many houses of the Bahema, in the village Besse, in the Chefferie of Bahema Badjere, territory of Djugu.
Today is March 23rd. M23 was named after the March 23, 2009, peace agreement between the Congolese government and the CNDP.
