Thursday, July 30, 2020

The governor of North Kivu, Carly Nzanzu Kasivita, that of South Kivu Théo Ngwabije Kasi and Jean Bamanisa Saidi of ituri are invited to Kinshasa to "start discussions with MONUSCO and the sectoral ministries for the community DDR issue" ( Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration).

 The Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Security, and Customary Affairs, Gilbert Kankonde reminds Kinshasa of three governors from the eastern part of the DRC. The governor of North Kivu, Carly Nzanzu Kasivita, that of South Kivu Théo Ngwabije Kasi and Jean Bamanisa Saidi of ituri are invited to Kinshasa to "start discussions with MONUSCO and the sectoral ministries for the community DDR issue" ( Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration). It should be noted that all three provinces are shaken by the activism of armed groups. In North Kivu, the ADF continue to increase attacks against civilians in the Beni region, meanwhile the presence of the M23 has been reported in the territory of Rutshuru for a few weeks and Pinga still under threats from the NDC-Renounced. In Ituri, it is the CODECO rebels who never cease to worry while in South Kivu is also not spared this activist of the armed groups. According to civil society in South Kivu, more than 200 people were massacred on the night of Thursday July 16 to Friday July 17 in the village of Kipupu, located in the territory of Mwenga in South Kivu. An attack that has been attributed to the Gumino and Twiraheno People's Self-Defense Forces. This militia even claimed responsibility for the massacre. Since 2016, cases of insecurity have been recorded in the Fizi, Itombwe and Uvira plateaus, armed groups claiming to be communities are fighting day and night

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