00:00Fighting between the Congolese army and the paramilitary M23 has resumed in eastern DRC, despite a truce proposed last week.
00:09Both sides accused the other of violations.
00:13Kinshasa says the rebels are looking to strengthen their position while continuing diplomatic talks.
00:23The Congolese army is very respectful since it's the only one that really needs peace,
00:28while the rebels don't need peace.
00:35They need to conquer more and do nothing in the areas they occupy except loot for Rwanda.
00:47M23 categorically rejects the accusations.
00:52They say that government forces are behind the hostilities,
00:56citing strikes and ground offensives, targeting their positions and surrounding areas.
01:03Even our entry into Goma is because Kinshasa never wanted to respect the ceasefire.
01:09The ceasefire is being violated because it's the strategy of the Kinshasa regime to continue the war.
01:15War is a business for the Kinshasa regime.
01:19That's where they steal.
01:20That's where they embezzle.
01:21These irreconcilable versions are fueling a climate of mistrust and further weakening an already tense truce.
01:30On the ground, civilians are paying a heavy price.
01:33Several families have found refuge in this makeshift camp in Uvira,
01:38plunged into a new spiral of uncertainty.
01:42There are ceasefires every time, but no solution, and the war continues.
01:48They continue to fight.
01:50They clashed in Lumira yesterday.
01:53Help us.
01:54We ask the authorities to sit down together to find a solution,
01:58such as stopping the war,
02:00so that we can return home,
02:02continue farming,
02:03live with our children,
02:05and regain our peaceful lives.
02:08Over the weekend, Congolese-aligned Wazalendo forces clashed with the M23-backed Tuirwani-Ho fighters,
02:16according to civil society groups.
02:19Diplomatic efforts are ongoing,
02:21but on the ground in eastern DRC,
02:24peace remains fragile.
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