Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) in south kivu repelled on Saturday, August 22, 2020,

Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) repelled on Saturd, August 22, 2020, a rebel attack against its positions in the hills overlooking the city of Uvira in South South Kivu
According to Captain Dieudonné Kasereka, spokesman for the army operational sector Sukola 2 South South Kivu, it is the elements of the armed group Makanaki (different from the deserter Makanika) united with the foreign FNL elements who attacked several positions of the regular army and wanted to destabilize the security situation in the city of Uvira.
"It  was saturday morning that these elements attacked our positions. We have pushed back the enemy and we are now in a search operation. For the moment the balance sheet is difficult to establish, because we are still in pursuit of the enemy. But temporarily on the FARDC forces side, we have 2 wounded, "he said.
He calls on the population for calm because the loyalist army is already controlling the situation.
Civil society sources point out that the clashes took place in the Kitundu groupement on the hills overlooking the Mulongwe and Kasenga neighborhoods in the city of Uvira. All activities have been paralyzed and traffic in the city disrupted since before noon on Saturday but also bullets are still heard.