The AFC/M23 rebels have demanded the Kinshasa government to lift all judicial sanctions against it’s leaders and reopen Banks.

⁠The government has also demanded for the reopening of Goma International airport, however, the AFC/M23 have refused.

Kinshasa has responded with drone strikes but due to poor coordination the drones instead targeted positions of government troops.

A CH-4 combat drone launched from Bujumbura, bombed positions held by FARDC troops and Burundian allies, killing hundreds of soldiers, including five colonels, in an operation intended to target AFC/M23 rebels and Twirwaneho fighters, a military source said.

“Among the dead were five colonels including Col. Etienne Kalumuna Mishabira, the commander of the 3303rd Regiment,” a source familiar with the incident said.