{"id":27055,"date":"2026-02-27T07:21:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T05:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers-qa\/channelafrica\/news\/tension-continue-to-escalate-in-the-drc\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:35:00","slug":"tension-continue-to-escalate-in-the-drc","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/tension-continue-to-escalate-in-the-drc\/","title":{"rendered":"Tension continue to escalate in the DRC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Tensions have escalated in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after the assassination of the M23 Group Spokesperson.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">The latest attacks in eastern DRC are a sign that the much talked about ceasefire is not holding.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">However, there&#8217;s been no word from the regional organisation or the African Union on the conflict escalation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The conflict is continuing unabated. The DRC supported by Burundi launched attacks directed at M23 rebels who are supported by the Rwandan government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">There was a glimmer of hope after the DRC government agreed to a ceasefire on the margins of the AU summit in Addis Ababa.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, South Africa announced the withdrawal of troops that were deployed in the DRC as part of the United Nations peacekeepers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The recent killing of the M23 Group Spokesperson has sparked fears that tension in the Great Lakes region will escalate.<br \/>\n&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20582,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-27055","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":null,"news_description":"Tensions have escalated in the Democratic Republic of Congo","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27328,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27055\/revisions\/27328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=27055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}