Zakaria banza Suleiman,an ADF ideology chief talking about the reasons for group's persistence despite strong operations against it

 

Speaking in a video published on February 24th and commenting on the organization of the forum on the ADF issue in Beni, Zakaria Banza Souleymane, alias Bonge la Chuma, one of the ideologues of the Allied Democratic Forces, the Islamic State's Central Africa Province (ISCAP), welcomed this initiative for reflection while urging the Congolese government to seize this opportunity to consider a negotiated solution to the security crisis caused by ADF activity in Beni, Irumu, Lubero, and Mambasa.

According to this former imam of the Katindo mosque in Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo, supported by the United Nations (MONUSCO), African countries (UN Intervention Brigade), Uganda (Shujaa military operations), and others, have failed to dismantle the ADF. Therefore, he believes it would be important for Kinshasa to consider the strategy employed last year by Nigeria in negotiating with Boko Haram for the release of 230 students. He points out that Nigeria established contact with the Islamist movement, and the negotiations resulted in the release of Boko Haram leaders, the payment of a substantial ransom by the Nigerian government (which deployed a helicopter to deliver the money), and the eventual release of the hostage students by the jihadist group.

Specifically naming the governor of North Kivu, General Evariste Kakule Somo, as the organizer of this forum at the behest of the Congolese government and President Félix Antoine Tshisekedi, and reading from his opening address, Bonge la Chuma invited the governor to contact him so that he could act as an intermediary for negotiations with ISCAP.

For Zakaria Banza Souleymane [Bonge la Chuma], the ADF/ISCAP's demands in any potential negotiations with the Congolese government will be based on three pillars:

1. End of the war: ISCAP secures support for its agenda from the populations in the areas where it is active.

2. Coexistence: no Islamization, but populations living in areas under ADF/ISCAP activity will pay a conventional tax (he specifies that this is already operational in several villages and the ADF no longer carries out deadly incursions there).

3. No compromise: continuation of the offensive by Kinshasa with its allies and reprisals by the ADF/ISCAP against civilians and security forces.

Mahagi bans UPDF from entering its lands

The military administrator of the Mahagi territory, Colonel Disanoa Lalua Jacques, has ordered a strict ban on the entry of Ugandan army (UPDF) personnel and their equipment through the Anzida and Karombo border crossings.

This measure was announced in an official statement as shown 👇 

Angola discreetly cementing her footprint in DRC's eastern war

While Kinshasa and the AFC/M23 rebels signed a Qatari-brokered ceasefire in Doha in July 2025—an agreement the Congolese army coalition never honored—Angola unveiled a separate initiative on February 9, supposedly aimed at de-escalating tensions in eastern DRC. Yet the rebels were neither consulted nor invited, raising immediate doubts about the proposal’s neutrality and intent.

It did not take long to discern that Angola’s proposal was a calculated strategy designed to grant the Congolese national army (FARDC) and its coalition partners a tactical advantage over AFC/M23, while discreetly expanding Angola’s own military footprint in eastern DRC.

On February 24, there was arrival of approximately 100 Angolan soldiers at Kalemie Airport on February 18 and their subsequent deployment to Baraka and Fizi in South Kivu Province to reinforce coalition offensives led by FARDC. On February 24 and 26, an Angolan Air Force Hercules C-130 aircraft transported additional special forces to Kalemie, reinforcing units already stationed at the airport.

According to Intelligence sources inside FARDC ,reports alerted that Angola was expected to deploy a full battalion, including special forces and drone operators operating from Kalemie Airport, alongside approximately 20 Blackwater mercenaries.

Beyond ground deployments, Angolan Sukhoi Su-30 and Su-25 fighter jets have reportedly been permanently stationed in Kalemie to support operations against AFC/M23 and MRD-Twirwaneho, a Banyamulenge self-defense group, in the high and middle plateaus of Fizi Territory.

Publicly, Angola maintained that it would not engage militarily, projecting neutrality during its tenure as African Union chair. However, President Félix Tshisekedi’s two visits to Luanda within three days in January raised questions about that posture. President João Lourenço’s call for a ceasefire now appears to have been a manoeuvre that bought time while legitimizing direct support for Tshisekedi’s government.

Factors for the persistence of ADF in Ituri and North kivu

 According to the Bridgeway Foundation, speaking at the forum on the ADF issue last February in Beni, here are the potential factors leading to radicalization:

1. Economic and Structural Factors

▶️ Poverty, unemployment, and inequality

▶️ Limited access to education and livelihoods

▶️ Marginalization of certain regions or communities

2. Misinterpretation and instrumentalization of Islam

↪️ Selectively quoting religious texts out of context

↪️ Stripping them of their historical and scientific interpretations

↪️ Constructing distorted narratives to justify violence

3. Family breakdown and negative childhood experiences

⚠️ Trauma, abuse, or neglect during childhood

⚠️ Exposure to violence

⚠️ Post-traumatic stress disorder and unresolved grievances

Ugandan school Emis portals at risk of Turkish cyber hacking army

For some months it  had come to our notice that many EMIS portals were vulnerable or had been hacked by a group that belongs to  the so called Turkish cyber army.we alert the Ugandan government and the ministry of education to look into the matter.

we base our proof on the fact that some of the ministry's publications on the portal have been taken or defaced by the said group.As you can see below ,whenever the NEW LEARNER REGISTRATION FORM is dowloaded,it brings a document as displayed below :

 

We up to now do not know if the technical group in-charge of the security of this system know it or do not know,and if they know,we are worried and would like them to clarify on whether they fixed or remedied the issue.We call upon the stake holders in the ministry to revise the whole system and improve its security. The incorporation of computerization in schools an excellent idea,but they are alot of dangers ,and specifically to this EMIS system,most schools do not have the technocrats to handle the usage and management.As result you find most of the schools' portal are left "opened" in most cyber cafes or many are run by individuals or business men running cyber cafes.This is very dangerous to both the schools' administration and the students or pupils in that this system holds sensitive information that should not be simply  held by anyone apart from the known schools' personnel.

 

Colonel Joseph Tipi Ngadjole Olikwa, also known as Ziroziro, rumoured to have died in an ambush in the Mikenge/Minembwe region

 

Colonel Joseph Tipi Ngadjole Olikwa, also known as Ziroziro, died in an ambush in the Mikenge/Minembwe region, according to sources close to his family.

Commander of this Congolese army operational axis in South Kivu, he was targeted this afternoon by a sniper while joining his unit, which had captured the town of Mikenge the previous day.

Long deployed in military operations of the Armed Forces of the DRC against the ADF in the Beni (Eringeti) territory when General Muhindo Akili, also known as Mundos, was in command of these operations, Tipi Ziroziro was described as an active field commander close to his units, although other reports suggested his troops were ineffective on the front lines.

Deployed for several years in South Kivu, specifically in Minembwe where he served as commander of the 312th battalion of the 31st brigade of the Congolese army, he was sanctioned by the European Union for abuses committed by his troops against civilian populations. According to the biography provided by the European Union at the time, he was born in 1977 in Fataki in the Ituri province.

The consequences of Trump's sanctions on the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF)?

It means that any RDF assets, houses, and investments that fall under U.S. jurisdiction are seized. All RDF funds within or touching the U.S. global financial system are frozen. The RDF are banned from using the U.S. global financial system — from buying weapons to paying salaries. The RDF is blocked.

All U.S. persons and companies are banned from doing business with the RDF. Foreign companies and banks that conduct significant transactions with the RDF risk sanctions exposure and potential loss of access to the U.S. financial system.

In short, the US is cutting off their money and business. This is going to hurt Paul Kagame  badly.And as more sanctions  come it will frustrate all the sectors of Rwandese economy.

To all US and international companies doing business with the Rwanda Defence Force , or with companies owned or linked to the Rwanda Defence Force: The sanctions will target Companies reportedly owned by, linked to, or operating in close coordination with the RDF include:

(1) Gabiro Agro Processing Industry
(2) Agro Processing Trust Corporation (APTC)
(3) Rwanda Fertiliser Company (RFC)
(4) Zigama Credit and Savings Bank
(5) Rwanda Engineering and Manufacturing Corporation (REMCO)

The congress has made it clear for the No waivers. No exceptions. No backdoor access to the U.S. financial system for RDF-owned or RDF-linked enterprises while sanctionable conduct continues.

Any U.S. company, bank, investor, insurer, or firm clearing U.S. dollar transactions should conduct enhanced due diligence immediately. The congress stressed that U.S. banking system is not a revenue pipeline for sanctioned military actors and that Kagame's Compliance is not optional.