The M23 rebel group, fighting against the Congolese government, has repelled Wazalendo coalition forces attempting to dislodge it from positions on Bueni Hill in Walikale Territory, North Kivu Province.
This confrontation took place during heavy clashes on the night of Saturday, September 13, around Bueni Hill, located between Luberike and Waloa Yungu groupements in Walikale.
According to Actualité, calm had returned by the morning of Sunday, September 14, as the fighting had ended and no further gunfire could be heard.
The Wazalendo fighters had been trying to push the AFC/M23 out of its positions on the hill since June this year. However, the group resisted and forced them to retreat toward the Waloa Yungu groupement.
The positions remain under the control of AFC/M23, which first occupied them in June during an offensive to dislodge Wazalendo forces from their stronghold in Buhimba, within the Waloa Yungu groupement.
