Kuva tariki ya 27 Mutarama, ubwo Umujyi wa Goma—umwe mu minini mu burasirazuba bwa Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo (DRC)—wafatwaga, abayobozi bo mu Muryango w’Iterambere rya Afurika y’Amajyepfo (SADC) n’Umuryango wa Afurika y’Iburasirazuba (EAC) bakomeje guhura no kuganira bashaka ibisubizo by’amahoro kuri iki kibazo. Ariko, ku rundi ruhande, u Bubiligi, u Burundi na DRC byakajije ubufatanye bwa gisirikare, byitegura ibitero bikomeye ku nyeshyamba za AFC/M23.
Muri Werurwe, indege za gisirikare nyinshi zavuye i Buruseli zijya Kinshasa, izindi zigana Bujumbura, ndetse n’izava Kinshasa zigana Bujumbura. Zimwe muri zo zari zitwaye intumwa za gisirikare, izindi zikajyana ibikoresho bya gisirikare.
Ku wa 21 Werurwe, indege ya Falcon 8X y’Ingabo zirwanira mu kirere cy’u Bubiligi yahagurutse mu kigo cya gisirikare cya Melsbroeck i Buruseli yerekeza i Bujumbura, itwaye abakozi batatu. Abayobozi b’indege mu Burundi bahishe uruhushya rwayo rwo kuhagwa kugeza ihageze, kugira ngo ibya gahunda yayo bitagaragara ku mugaragaro. Bukeye bwaho, ku itariki 22 Werurwe, iyo ndege yasubiye i Buruseli itwaye intumwa z’u Burundi, zigizwe n’abasirikare umunani.
Nyuma y’iminsi ine, indi ndege y’Ingabo zirwanira mu kirere z’u Bubiligi yageze i Kinshasa, hanyuma ijya Kindu, umurwa mukuru w’Intara ya Maniema. Yahajyanye ingabo z’Ababiligi zigera kuri 500, indege zitagira abadereva, n’ibifaru byo gufasha ingabo za DRC mu kurwanya M23.
Ku itariki ya 24 Werurwe cyangwa mu gitondo cyo ku wa 25 Werurwe, indi ndege ya Boeing 727 y’Ingabo za DRC yari itegerejwe i Bujumbura ivuye Kinshasa, bivugwa ko yari itwaye indege zitagira abadereva. Kuri iyo tariki, indi ndege yaturutse Kinshasa igana Bujumbura, itwaye intumwa za Congo, zirimo Minisitiri w’Ububanyi n’Amahanga wa DRC, Thérèse Kayikwamba. Bukeye bwaho, ku wa 25 Werurwe, Perezidansi y’u Burundi yanditse kuri X ko Perezida Evariste Ndayishimiye yakiriye Kayikwamba, wari utwaye ubutumwa bwa Perezida Félix Tshisekedi.
Mu butumwa bwa Tshisekedi, nk’uko byatangajwe n’itangazamakuru, yashimangiraga ubufatanye bwa DRC n’u Burundi, cyane cyane mu bya gisirikare. Mu biganiro byabaye, impande zombi zavuze ku kwagura amasezerano y’ubufatanye mu bya gisirikare yasinywe muri Kanama 2023, yatumye u Burundi bwohereza ingabo zirenga 15,000 mu burasirazuba bwa DRC kurwanya M23.
Umwe mu bayobozi bashinzwe ubutasi muri Congo yavuze ko buri musirikare w’u Burundi urwana na M23 ahembwa $5,000, uretse miliyoni $2 u Burundi bwahawe nyuma yo gusinya amasezerano. Yemeza ko ibi bishobora kuba impamvu Ndayishimiye atigeze ashyigikira igisubizo cya politiki mu kibazo cya DRC.
Bivugwa kandi ko u Burundi bwohereje abarwanyi b’Imbonerakure muri Uvira, bigaragaza ko bwiyemeje gukomeza intambara aho gukurikiza inama za SADC na EAC zasabye ibiganiro na M23. Ku rundi ruhande, u Bubiligi n’Ubutegetsi bwa Tshisekedi bikomeje kongera ingufu za gisirikare mu burasirazuba bwa DRC, nubwo Tshisekedi ubwe akomeje kwiyerekana nk’uwiteguye inzira ya politiki.
Mu rwego rwo gukomeza uwo mugambi wa gisirikare, Minisitiri w’Ingabo wa DRC yagiriye uruzinduko muri Afurika y’Epfo kuva ku wa 24 Werurwe, agamije gushimangira ubufatanye bw’ibihugu byombi mu by’umutekano. Iki gihugu kimaze gutakaza abasirikare bagera kuri 14 mu mirwano yo muri Mutarama, ubwo Goma yafatwaga.
Ibi byose bikomeje kubera mu gihe bamwe mu bayobozi ba EAC, SADC na Qatar bashyira igitutu kuri Tshisekedi ngo aganire na M23. Icyakora, ku itariki ya 24 Werurwe, Angola yatangaje ko yikuye mu buhuza bw’iyo ntambara, ikemeza ko izibanda ku buyobozi bwa Afurika Yunze Ubumwe (AU).
Ku rundi ruhande, Tshisekedi aracyahamya ko M23 ari umutwe w’iterabwoba ushyigikiwe n’u Rwanda, anirengagiza ibibazo bikomeje kugaragara by’itsembabwoko rikorerwa Abanyekongo bavuga Ikinyarwanda, cyane cyane Abatutsi. Kugira ngo ashyigikire ibivugwa na Tshisekedi, Perezida w’u Burundi, Evariste Ndayishimiye, yabwiye BBC ko afite amakuru ko u Rwanda ruteganya gutera igihugu cye—a mashinja u Rwanda rwavuze ko ari ibinyoma bibabaje.
Ikindi giteye impungenge ni uko Ndayishimiye yavuze ko mu gihe u Rwanda rwaba ruteye Bujumbura ruturutse muri DRC, u Burundi buzatera Kigali binyuze mu Ntara ya Kirundo. Yashinjije u Rwanda gufasha inyeshyamba za RED-Tabara, nubwo uwo mutwe wabyihakanye.
Ibikorwa bya Ndayishimiye, Tshisekedi, n’u Bubiligi bikomeje gushimangira ingengabitekerezo yo kurwanya Abatutsi, by’umwihariko M23, kubera ko ari yo yahagaritse itsembabwoko ryakorewe Abatutsi bo muri Congo. Uku guhuriza hamwe ingufu za gisirikare kwerekana ko impande zimwe mu kibazo cya DRC zishishikajwe no gukomeza intambara, aho kuganira ku mahoro arambye.
