{"id":251,"date":"2025-09-18T07:43:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T07:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/?p=251"},"modified":"2025-09-18T07:43:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T07:43:22","slug":"keep-snoring-as-we-move-on-m23-parades-newly-recruited-commandos-to-dismantle-tshisekedis-staggering-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/18\/keep-snoring-as-we-move-on-m23-parades-newly-recruited-commandos-to-dismantle-tshisekedis-staggering-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep Snoring As We Move On! M23 Parades Newly Recruited Commandos To Dismantle Tshisekedi\u2019s \u2018Staggering\u2019 Gov\u2019t"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A show of force by the M23 rebel group over the weekend has heightened fears about the fate of a planned peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, the group\u2019s alleged backer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Goma, the mineral-rich eastern city under rebel control, M23 paraded more than 7,000 new recruits \u2014 a move that analysts say could undermine confidence in the fragile ceasefire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rebels, who launched a series of blitz attacks earlier this year to seize key cities including Goma and Bukavu, claim that the recruits include Congolese soldiers who surrendered during fighting and local militias who switched sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But rights groups have sounded the alarm.<br>Keep Snoring As We Move On! M23 Parades Newly Recruited Commandos To Dismantle Tshisekedi\u2019s \u2018Staggering\u2019 Gov\u2019tThose concerns were again highlighted in the recent report by the UN Human Rights Council\u2019s fact-finding mission.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"959\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/xx.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/xx.jpg 959w, https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/xx-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/xx-768x346.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 959px) 100vw, 959px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The parade comes as mediation efforts led by Qatar push for a deal expected to be signed in Washington in the coming weeks. A central pillar of the agreement is Rwanda\u2019s withdrawal of support for M23 and the return of captured territories to Congolese authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, sporadic clashes between M23 and pro-government militias have continued despite repeated commitments from both sides to respect the ceasefire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For many residents of Goma, the weekend\u2019s display of military might was a discouraging signal.<br>\u201cThis could derail the peace process that Congo, Rwanda, and M23 are pursuing through the Doha and Washington talks,\u201d Rumu warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/oll-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/oll-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/oll-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/oll-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/oll-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/oll.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>M23 and its leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conflict has exacted a devastating toll, leaving at least 3,000 dead and displacing millions. A recent UN report accused both Congo\u2019s army and M23 rebels of committing \u201chorrific atrocities\u201d over the past year, including gang rape, sexual slavery, torture, and killings of civilians. The report added that both Kinshasa and Kigali share responsibility for the violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThis could derail the peace process that Congo, Rwanda, and M23 are pursuing through the Doha and Washington talks,\u201d Rumu warned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"right-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"normal-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"disabled","ast-banner-title-visibility":"disabled","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"disabled","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-israel-hamas-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":255,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions\/255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}