The president of LDC spoke last Wednesday night, in a televised address to citizens, of an “unprecedented deterioration of the security situation” in the eastern part of the country, where fighters have almost entirely taken over the town of Goma from the armed anti-government M23 movement and the army of neighbouring Rwanda.

“The eastern part of our country, especially the provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri, are facing an unprecedented deterioration of the security situation,” Felix Cisekedi stressed in his address.

At the same time, he denounced the international community’s “inaction” regarding the rapid developments in the conflict in the eastern part of his country and warned against the risk of regional “escalation.”

“Your silence and your inaction (…) are hubris” for DR Congo as extreme violence during the advance of the armed anti-government M23 movement backed by the Rwandan army raise the risk of “escalation” in the Great Lakes region, Felix Tshisekedi, said in a televised address.

The DR Congo president also condemned attacks on embassies of several countries in Kinshasa, the country’s capital, by angry protesters, as foreign governments were accused of doing nothing amid a rapid escalation of the conflict in the east of the country.

“I condemn in the strongest possible terms the acts of vandalism and looting at some diplomatic missions,” Felix Chisekedi said during a televised address.

Felix Tshisekedi, (assured that a “strong” military response is underway in the east of the country, following the ouster of the town of Goma, which was almost entirely taken over after a lightning advance by fighters from the armed anti-government M23 movement backed by Rwandan troops.

“A strong and coordinated reaction is underway against these terrorists and their protectors,” the head of state said during a televised address.