Bunagana border, which connects Uganda’s Kisoro district in the south-west part of the country to the DRC’s Rushuru, North Kivu Province, is located 70km north-east of Goma.
Fighting between M23 rebels and Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo (FARDC) soldiers intensified on Sunday 12 June and throughout the night. The rebels, who resumed fighting in May, emerged victorious. They briefly captured the same border post in 2013.
Brigadier Felix Kulayigye, spokesman for the Uganda army, tells The Africa Report that the armed forces 137 Congolese soldiers and 37 Congolese policemen were received by Uganda soldiers on Monday morning. “We have to keep them until the situation normalises on the other side,” he says. “We disarmed them.”
There have been accusations and counter-accusations between DRC and Rwanda in the past month. Kigali claims that DRC soldiers are fighting
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