Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 15th Feb. UN mission in DRC on Wednesday reported that tensions remain high in North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in the town of Sake, as clashes persist between M23 rebels and Government forces.
UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric in a regular press briefing in New York noted the fighting the previous day in the outskirts of Sake, which is located some 20 kilometres northwest of the provincial capital, Goma.
“Our peacekeeping mission (MONUSCO) is continuing to support the Congolese armed forces and is doing its utmost to protect civilians, including by maintaining a presence along the Goma-Sake axis,” said Stéphane Dujarric.
He added that peacekeepers reinforced their presence in Sake with additional deployment of battalions to support the Congolese armed forces.
They areprotecting a humanitarian corridor in the Mweso area to facilitate the movement of civilians to safer ground.
