According to a report from the Congolese Press Agency, the delegation arrived the day before in that territory of the province of North Kivu at the invitation of the military governor and the commander of the Sukola I Grand-Nord operational sector and commander of the operations of the Northern Front.

There they spoke with Private First Class Jean de Dieu Iradakunda, a member of the Rwandan army, who was captured on December 21, 2024 during clashes with the Armed Forces of the DRC in Ndoluma.

The media outlet based the report on a statement by Lieutenant Colonel Mak Hazukay, spokesman for the Sukola I Grand Nord operational sector, who added that members of the MCVE also saw several military items belonging to the Rwandan Army, such as weapons, bombs and remains of kamikaze drones recovered from the fighting.

This is evidence for the community, both national and international, to know the role played by Rwanda in the aggression against the Democratic Republic of Congo, Hazukay said.

Lubero has been since the end of December 2024 the center of intense clashes with the M23, with the use of heavy artillery, to prevent the advance of the rebels towards the capital of the territory.

The MCVE, created and launched in Goma in September 2012, includes military experts from the member states of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGL) and is responsible for monitoring and investigating security incidents in the Great Lakes Region.

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