Currently, the fighting is taking place in a rebel town called Mushake which is forty kilometers northwest of Goma. This is a day after the army lost a battle. Currently, there have been reports about the army retaking villages out in the east that were once captured by General Nkunda’s forces.
General Nkunda has been threatened numerous times by the government with force if he doesn’t relinquish control of areas close to the Rwandan border. He still defends his stance that he’s defending his own Tutsi community against the Rwandan Hutu rebels responsible for the genocide in 1994.
According to BBC, the attack had been long-anticipated.
Mushake is a small hillside town which is a rebel stronghold. The market center is mainly occupied by Tutsi cattle farmers. Ground troops are attacking with the use of heavy artillery with the support of two attack helicopter.
UN peacekeepers are not engaged in the fighting but are providing logistic support.
The elected government is committed to flushing out Rwandan Hutu rebels and insists that General Nkunda and is men lay down their weapons.
Currently, at least fifteen-thousand UN peacekeepers are still in the country to secure peace.