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00:00In the M23's first public gathering since taking control of Goma, Kone Nanga, head of
00:06the movement's political wing, once again asserted that he wanted to march on Kinshasa.
00:11On Wednesday, the Democratic Republic of Congo issued an international arrest warrant for
00:15the M23 figure, notably accused of war crimes.
00:19Thousands of people have died in less than a week of fighting.
00:22Kinshasa urged the international community to sanction Rwanda for supporting M23.
00:28At the DRC's request, the UN Human Rights Council is due to hold an emergency meeting
00:32on Friday to discuss the crisis.
00:35Thousands of people have been killed, including women and children, and hundreds of thousands
00:40have been forced from their homes in the eastern DRC.
00:44After taking control of the capital of North Kivu province, M23 and the Rwandan troops
00:49have advanced into the south of the region.
00:52Their troops seized the mining town of Niwabibwe, and the President of the National Assembly,
00:56Avital Kamhere, also reported the presence of rebels in Ihussi, a locality some 40 kilometres
01:02from Kavumu, where Congolese armed forces are located.
01:06My message is clear, silence the guns.
01:10The stakes are too high and we need the active and constructive role of all players, namely
01:16neighbouring countries, sub-regional organisations, the African Union and the United Nations.
01:23This new offensive comes at a time when the M23 had announced a unilateral humanitarian
01:28ceasefire, supposed to have been in force since Tuesday.
01:31Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame are due to attend a joint extraordinary
01:37summit of the East African Community and the Southern African Development Community in
01:42Tanzania on Saturday.