Mu rukerera rwo ku itariki ya 17 Ukuboza, umujyi wa Mambasa, icyicaro gikuru cy’ubutaka bwa Bamate mu karere ka Lubero, wabonye ishusho nshya y’amateka ubwo amasasu n’imirwano byamukanguraga. Ubutita bw’umujyi bwahinduwe n’intambara yatunguye abaturage bari mu buzima bwo guhekenya amenyo.
Mu gitondo, abasirikare b’umutwe wa M23 bafashe imyanya mu mihanda, bagarura ituze mu bice bimwe by’umujyi. Uko kwinjira kwabo kwerekanye ubushobozi n’ubushake bwo guhindura amateka, mu gihe ingabo za FARDC n’abafatanyabikorwa bazo ba Wazalendo bahungiye i Ndoluma. M23 yerekanye ubunararibonye mu rugamba, n’ubushishozi bwabo bwatangaje benshi.
Ubutwari bw’izi ngabo burivugira, bushingiye ku ntego yihariye yo guhangana n’ibibazo bikomeye bya politiki n’umutekano muri Congo. Ifatwa rya Mambasa ntabwo ari igikorwa gisanzwe cy’intambara, ahubwo ni ikimenyetso gikomeye cy’ibyiciro bishya mu mateka y’intambara n’imikorere ya FARDC.
Ku rundi ruhande, imikorere idahwitse ya FARDC yatumye yerekana intege nke zayo, by’umwihariko mu gukoresha imitwe nka Wazalendo n’aba Burundais, bigaragara ko bafite inyungu bwite aho kuba iz’igihugu. Mu gihe SADC na MONUSCO bagaragaza intege nke mu nshingano zabo, abaturage bugarijwe n’umutekano muke babuze kirengera.
Icyakora, M23 yagaragaje ko atari umutwe w’intambara gusa, ahubwo ari n’umukino ukomeye wa politiki. Uko aba basirikare biyubaka mu mibanire n’abaturage, ndetse no mu rwego rwa politiki, byerekana ko bafite icyerekezo kirenze urugamba rw’amasasu gusa.
Abaturage ba Congo bakomeje gusaba amahoro, ariko inzozi zabo zisa nk’izicika intege mu gihe intambara ikomeza kuba ubucuruzi bwungura bamwe. FARDC yahindutse umubabaro w’akarere, bigaragaza igihombo gikomeye cy’ubushobozi bwayo.
Mu bihe by’umwijima nk’ibi, icyerekezo cya politiki mu karere gikomeje kuba inzozi za kure, aho ubwiyunge n’amahoro bigaragara nk’ibidashoboka. Ibi byose bishimangira ko intambara n’imitwe irwanira Congo itazigera ibonera igisubizo gikwiye niba ibibazo by’ubuyobozi n’umutekano bitashakirwa umuti urambye.
