Peace calls against the backdrop of conflict in Goma

UN assistance agencies have warned of a major humanitarian crisis in the Congoy city of Goma, with hospitals being overwhelmed by victims and bodies lying on the street.

Thousands of people are fleeing “numerous active zones of conflict,” said UN Refugee Agency, UNCBA.

Assistance agencies have said their food and medical supplies have been looted as the M23 rebels continue to fight to take control of the city.

Anger grows over the M23 offensive and calls for peace talks to end the fighting.

“Hospitals are overworked. There are hundreds of people at the hospital currently in the hospital,” the Reuters news agency said, quoted by Adelhaid Marchang, the World Health Organization Coordinator of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said his hospital received more than 100 injured in just 24 hours, as a number it had previously received for a month.

It says it forced his staff to turn the hospital parking into a triage.

The use of heavy artillery in densely populated areas causes severe injuries, especially among children, she added.

Both ICRC and the World Food Program say their warehouses have been looted in recent days.

According to the reports, at least 17 people were killed and nearly 400 injured.

On Tuesday, South Africa stated that four more of his soldiers, who were in Congo, as part of the peacekeeping efforts were killed as a result of clashes with the M23.

This led the total number of victims in South Africa to 13. Malawi and Uruguay have also lost peacekeepers.

South Africa President Cyril Ramafosa on Monday talks with his colleague in Rwanda Paul Kagame, both agreed to urgent need to end and resume peace

The African Union will also host an emergency meeting later on Tuesday.

Late on Monday, Congo President Felix Tshiziekedes held a meeting with leaders of some state institutions to evaluate the situation in the city.

“Our soldiers and (the pro -government police) Wazalendo continue to occupy certain positions in the city,” said Vital Kamerhe, chairman of the National Assembly after the meeting.

He said the president would turn to the nation later on the matter without giving specific details.

As of Friday, Goma has been cut off by electricity and water and d -Hammerhe said the government was working hard to restore them in the city.

He said the government was also seeking diplomatic and political decisions of the crisis.

He came when the new US Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemned the M23 attack when calling with Tshisekedi.

In a statement, the US Department of State said the Congoan leader agreed to the need to restart the peace negotiations “as soon as possible” with Rwanda, who was accused of supporting the rebels.

Rubio also talks with Kenya President William Ruto, agreeing to continue negotiating peace. A meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, held by the Kenyan leader between Tshisekedi and Kagame.

The Congoan Government also asked for another UN Security Council meeting – requesting this time to take difficult action against Rwanda

During the UN’s emergency meeting on Sunday, Congo requested sanctions against Rwanda, saying that his forces had passed to his territory in what was a “declaration of war”.

After the meeting, the UN condemned the progress of the M23 and the “continued gross disregard for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Congo”, including the presence of “external forces”.

In the past, Rwanda denied direct support for the M23, but the head of UN peacekeeping Jean-Pierre Lacrea said there was no doubt that his troops were supporting the rebels.

In the capital Kinshasa, angry protesters on Tuesday burned parts of the French Embassy to express dissatisfaction with the M23 offensive.

They stormed the streets, limiting circulation and burning tires and disturbing traffic.

Plum smoke can be seen when parts of the embassy rise in flames.

Some residents have chosen to watch a day from the Dead City after a call to civil societies to stay home in solidarity with Goma.

Additional reporting from Imogen Foulkes in Geneva and Emery Makumeno in Kinshasa