Uyu muhango wayobowe na Jenerali Sultani Makenga, umugaba w’ingabo akaba n’umugaba mukuru wa ARC (Armée Révolutionnaire Congolaise).

Mu ijambo yagejeje ku barangije amahugurwa, yabasabye kurangwa n’imyitwarire myiza ya gisirikare, kurinda abasivili no gushyigikira urugamba umutwe uvuga ko rugamije kubohora uburasirazuba bwa Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo.

AFC-M23 yashyize ahagaragara amafoto n’amashusho by’uyu muhango, igaragaza aba bakomando bashya nk’abamaze kwitegura kujya ku rugamba, bavuga ko bagamije kurinda abaturage no gukomeza urugamba rwo kubohora uburasirazuba bwa Congo.

Uyu muhango ni umwe mu yindi myitozo n’iyongerwa ry’abarwanyi AFC-M23 yakomeje gukora kuva mu mpera za 2025, mu gihe yakomezaga kwagura uduce igenzura muri Kivu y’Amajyaruguru na Kivu y’Amajyepfo.

Raporo y’Itsinda ry’Impuguke z’Umuryango w’Abibumbye yasohotse muri Kamena 2026 yagereranyaga ko umutwe wa gisirikare wa AFC-M23 wari ufite abarwanyi bagera ku 30,000.

Iyo mibare ihujwe n’aba bakomando bashya 9,318, byatuma umubare w’ingabo za AFC-M23 ushobora kuba wegereye 40,000, nubwo uyu mubare utaremezwa neza n’Umuryango w’Abibumbye.

Raporo ya Loni ivuga ko abo barwanyi 30,000 barimo abarwanyi ba kera ba M23, abinjijwe mu mutwe mu bihe bya vuba, ndetse n’abahoze mu ngabo za Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo (FARDC), abapolisi n’abarwanyi bo mu mitwe yitwara gisirikare yo muri icyo gihugu, baje kwinjira cyangwa kwinjizwa muri AFC-M23.

U Rwanda rwakomeje guhakana ibirego byo gushyigikira AFC-M23, ruvuga ko ingamba zarwo z’umutekano zigamije guhangana n’imitwe yitwaje intwaro ikorera hafi y’umupaka warwo, harimo umutwe wa FDLR, ugizwe n’abagize uruhare muri Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu 1994.

Uku kwiyongera kw’ingabo za AFC-M23 kwihuse kwabaye nyuma y’uko uwo mutwe wigaruriye umujyi wa Goma muri Mutarama 2025. Icyo gihe, ingabo za FARDC zasize ibikoresho byinshi bya gisirikare birimo intwaro, amasasu n’indege ku Kibuga cy’Indege Mpuzamahanga cya Goma. Raporo zitandukanye zasohotse icyo gihe zanagaragaje ko mu byari byarasizwe harimo n’indege ya gisirikare yo mu bwoko bwa Sukhoi.

Guverinoma y’u Rwanda yavuze ko ubwinshi bw’ibikoresho bya gisirikare bya Congo byari byegeranyirijwe i Goma bwagaragazaga umugambi mugari wa Guverinoma ya Kinshasa wo guhungabanya umutekano w’u Rwanda no gushyigikira imitwe yitwaje intwaro irwanya u Rwanda.

Mu mihango yabanje yo gusoza amahugurwa ya AFC-M23, harimo uwabereye i Rumangabo muri Nzeri 2025 aho abakomando 7,437 barangije, uwabereye i Tchanzu mu Ukwakira 2025 urangizwamo abakomando 9,350, uwabereye i Tchanzu muri Gashyantare 2026 urangizwamo abakomando 7,532, ndetse n’uwabereye i Rumangabo muri Werurwe 2026 urangizwamo abakomando b’ingabo zidasanzwe 1,518.

Uku kwaguka kw’imbaraga za AFC-M23 kubaye mu gihe hakomeje ibiganiro byo gushaka agahenge hagati ya Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo na AFC-M23, biyobowe na Leta ya Qatar.