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′′ Mapping Report It's time for those responsible for the most serious crimes perpetrated in the Democratic Republic of Congo to answer for their actions ′′ (Clément Boursin) 30.09.2020,

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  Ten years after the release of the UN's ′′ Mapping Report an inventory of human rights violations committed between 1993 and 2003, the victims are still waiting for justice. The ′′ Mapping Report ′′ describes the horrors of ten years of violence and conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in a chronological and thematic way. He analyzes 617 violent incidents committed between 1993 and 2003 in the DRC. During this decade, all parties to Congolese and foreign rebel groups of Congolese, Ugandan, Burundian, Angolese, Rwandan, Chadian and Zimbabwean conflict have been guilty of grave and massive violations of human rights. For this work done by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the majority of the 617 documented violence can be called crimes against humanity and war crimes. Regarding the massacres aimed at Hutu people between 1996 and 1997, the report states that attacks by the Rwandan Patriotic Army (APR) and the Alliance of Democratic Forc

Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba, received a delegation from the military engineering authority of the Egyptian Armed Forces on Tuesday, September 29, 2020

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 Egypt ready to accompany the Democratic Republic of Congo in the execution of the project of airworthiness of the Congo River Boma in Kinshasha. Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba, received a delegation from the military engineering authority of the Egyptian Armed Forces at the primature on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 The exchanges between this delegation led by General Mahmoud Shain, accompanied by Egypt's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo Hamdy Shaaban and the leader of the Congolese government have revolved around the areas of bilateral cooperation between the two countries. At the end of the meeting, reports Primature Press Department, General Mahmoud Shain said that the flagship project that motivated their displacement is the conduct of feasibility studies for the navigability of the Congo River from Boma to Kinshasa. In the same vein, Egypt's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo confirmed that his co

Washington supports Dr. Mukwege fighting impunity (Mike Hammer) 30/09/2020

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United States of America ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mike Hammer, announces his country's support for the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize fight, Dr. Dénis Mukwege, in ′′ the fight against impunity and the search for justice ′′ on the massacres committed in Congo-Kinshasa. He said it, on Tuesday, September 29, 2020, after his meeting with Dr. Mukwege at Panzi hospital in South Kivu city of Bukavu. Mike Hammer also says he has talked to Mukwege about security issues in the country. ′′ It's an honor for me to have exchanged with Mukwege. We discussed the concerns of the population, including insecurity, the fight against impunity and corruption. It's really necessary to move justice forward to end the violence and the US is supporting this fight. The whole population needs justice. Dr. Mukwege is a treasure not only for the DRC but for the whole world as well ", he said. This American diplomat stresses that a program to help women victims of sexual abuse will b

MONUSCO alerts to the worsening activities of armed groups and intercommunity violence in Tanganyika province

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  30 09, 2020 The United Nations Stabilization Organisation Mission in Congo (MONUSCO) announced on Wednesday, September 30, the worsening security situation in Tanganyika province, following characterized inter alia by the activism of the Mai-Mai Yakutumba armed groups and the May-May Apa na pale. ′′ In Tanganyika, the situation near Bendera continues to escalate due to armed groups activity and intercommunity violence. Maï-Maï Yakutumba and et-Maï Apa na Pale strengthen their presence on the Misisi-Lulimba axis, while Maï-Maï Kabeke seek control of mining sites south of Bendera. In this context of continuing violence, the force intensifies actions to prevent threats against the population, maintaining a robust and vigilant posture for rapid action in the various areas of responsibility ", said Military Spokesman of MONUSCO, Lieutenant Colonel Tabore Haidara Moctar. Tanganyika province has been shaken by community violence between Bantu and Pygmy since mid-2016. According to offi

Vincent Biruta: ′′ Reconciliation with the DRC cannot satisfy everyone"

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   ′′ After Goma summit postponment, Rwandan Foreign Minister returns to the sometimes strained relations with Burundi, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. And evokes the mysterious arrest of Paul Rusesabagina, controversial hero of the film ′′ Hotel Rwanda ". The coronavirus pandemic may have stopped most diplomatic activities, there are many cases in the countries of the Great Lakes region. If the Rwanda-Uganda mediation shows some signs of progress, Kigali-Bujumbura relations are still at a standstill, while the rapprochement with the Democratic Republic of Congo is challenged by some of the Congolese opinion. The Goma Summit, which was scheduled to bring together the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Burundi, Uganda and Rwanda in September, at the invitation of President Felix Tshisekedi, was finally postponed sine die. He allegedly allowed the new Burundian head of state, Evariste Ndayishimiye, to make his first diplomatic exit and to meet his counterpart Pau

By September 24, 2022, no counterfeit/fake mobile devices be operational in Congolese territory.

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As I have written many articles about these fake mobile device products and their dangers,you can refer to the articles below :https://acidicsecurity.blogspot.com/2019/12/a-lot-of-fake-phone-entered-african.html?m=1 https://acidicsecurity.blogspot.com/2020/03/s-you-phone-or-battery-fake.html?m=1 https://acidicsecurity.blogspot.com/2020/01/fake-phonesillegal-simcards-and-un.html?m=1 https://acidicsecurity.blogspot.com/2019/02/why-your-phone-over-heats-and-drains.html?m=1 The Democratic Republic of Congo launched the Mobile Device Registry (RAM) on September 24 This is a central mobile terminal database that certifies device compliance from International Mobile Equipment Identity Number (IMEI). RAM is a system of checking mobile device compliance with standards defined by the Association of Mobile Telephone Network Operators (GSMA) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on the basis of the IMEI number, block access to national network of any stolen or lost mobile device and

46 people including 5 law enforcement personnel's arrested in bunia in an operation done today

 An operation  was organized early in the morning of Tuesday, September 29, 2020 on Fichama and Nyamaragi avenues in the Kindia district, in the commune of Nyakasanza in the town of Bunia, capital of the province of Ituri. It is a joint operation of the Congolese national police "PNC" and the Congolese army (FARDC). The police spokesperson in Ituri says that 46 people including 5 law enforcement officers were arrested during the said operation, several weapons were seized including 51 machetes and a spear, a tear gas grenade, two loaded magazines , as well as military effects. "The results of this closure are as follows: 41 civilians, 2 police officers and 3 soldiers were arrested. Several objects were seized, namely 51 machetes, a pair of boots, two loaded magazines, a tear gas grenade, a pair of police outfits and a spear, ”revealed Chief Commissioner Roger Tibasima in a message posted on social networks. He indicates that this closure, the objective of which is to str

The facilitators of the municipality of Minembwe installed in the presence of Minister Ruberwa, finally Ruberwa has his Rwandan town in the Democratic Republic of Congo!

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The provincial Minister of Interior, Security, Decentralization and Customary Affairs Mr. Lwabandji Lwasi Ngabo officially installed on Monday, September 28, 2020, the facilitators of the Rural Municipality of Minembwe in Fizi, South Kivu. The installation was done with a strong political-military delegation in Minembwe. It consists of the Ministers of Defense and Decentralization Azarias Ruberwa, the Chief of Staff of the Congolese Army, the Governor of South Kivu, several national deputies and several other army officers. This team with the cities of Baraka, Uvira and Kamituga had been named since the beginning of 2019. While the hosts of these cities were already in office, so only those of the Minembwe municipality, which has been unstable for several years with the activism of domestic and foreign armed groups. Other rural communes created have never received any facilitators. Several leaders in the Banyamulenge community hope, for example, that this facility will come to an end t

Have you already downloaded president Museveni's app called Mzee NALO

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  President Yoweri Museveni has launched a new and exciting app code named Mzee NALO that will be dedicated to show casing Ugandans development and achievements under his leadership of and the National Resistance Movement NRM party.

After removing six apps infected with the Joker malware earlier in Sep, Google has now removed 16 more apps from its Play Store.

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  The joker malware a billing-fraud strain of malware, has proven to be a persistent threat for Google Android. Despite the company’s relentless efforts, it’s still found in apps available on the Play Store. In September, Google removed six such apps, which were infected with the Joker malware, as identified by Pradeo cybersecurity firm. These apps had a total of 200,000 downloads but in july 2020, the Joker malware was once again witnessed on Play Store. Now, according to a report from cybersecurity firm Zscaler, Google has removed 16 more apps for the same reason. These apps were uploaded to the Play Store in September and had 120,000 downloads. Logos of malicious apps (Image: Zscaler) Zcaler’s Viral Gandhi explained that Joker is a spyware that can simulate clicks. It is called fleeceware, designed for stealing contact lists, SMS messages, and device information from the phone, apart from discreetly subscribing for “premium wireless application protocol (WAP)services.” Joker malware

On sunday evening there was a Clash between FARDC(DRC army) and Unknown Armed Group in Nyamilima

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Near Nyamilima, Rutshuru territory in North Kivu, heavy and light weapons detonations were reported on September 26, 2020. Apparently FARDC were clashing against a non-known rebel group. Detonations were reported in locals fields in Nyamitwitwi, Gitwa, Muthanga, Mulembwe and surrounding areas. This situation has emerged since early morning Saturday, September 26 Field activities remain paralysed in these cities of Nyamilima as the majority of inhabitants survive on agriculture. On Sunday evening, Aimé Mukanda Mbusa, a notable from Rutshuru, informs that it is the FARDC military of the 3412th Regiment who reportedly launched an offensive against a rebel group led by a certain Kathulebe who has been insecuring farmers for days without being worried. While encouraging Congolese military, this human rights defender adds that psychosis prevails there. The army hasn't announced anything on this. It must be said that this insecure situation is currently affecting several parts of North Ki

HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS IN OICHA REJECTS THE RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION CARRIED OUT BY MILITARY COURT ON THE DEMONSTRATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE IN BENI BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 11-15 AND CALLS FOR MASSIVE RENEWED MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST ADF IN THE MOST THREATENED AREAS

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  Collective human rights organizations in Oicha rural township, capital of Beni, North Kivu, reject the result of investigations carried out by the military court in the area into the recent bloody demonstrations between the 11 and September 15, 2020, in Oicha. Those who had resulted in the deaths of several people also from damage. Their decision emerged from an extraordinary meeting held this Sunday for the cause. ′′ We repeated our decision demanding the unconditional departure of Colonel Jean Pierre Wumbi, PNC Commander and the replacement of Beni Territory Administrator Donat Kibwana. We vehemently criticize and condemn the mensoger and corruption result of auditorial investigations. This, after killing two civilians and systematic looting of several properties by PNC elements, on the night of 14, and the day of 14 September 2020, in Oicha, Masosi neighborhood. In view of the above, the NGOs-Dh, request a new investigation with an unbiased team ", writes the collective. To d

ECCHA in DRC calls president Tshisekede to suspend ANR leader and military intelligence

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  The citizen movement Eccha says ′′ there is acute inefficiency of Congolese intelligence services ′′ and asks President Félix Tshisekedi to dismiss the ANR leader and military intelligence.The attacks by bakata katanga in lumumbashi showed inefficiency in how the whole intelligence body works.

Who are the suspected actors behind the lumumbashi's bakata katanga movie of the ended weekend.

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Branding portraits of their ′′ guru ′′ Gédéon Kyungu Muntanga called ′′ Nkambo ′′ and the ′′ flag of the Republic of Katanga ", the Mayi ′′ Bakata Katanga ′′ made them speak again in Lubumbashi. And this is a gunshot. On Friday 25th and Saturday 26th September they broke into the city. Their objective was clearly to seize RTNC (national radio) and provincial government headquarters. Provisional update: 16 militiamen and 3 police elements killed. Who pulls the strings? Asking the question is answering it. The spectacular escape of ′′ Gideon ′′ from the so-called ′′ high security ′′ prison in La Kasapa on September 7, 2011 and his ′′ surrender ", equally outstanding, on October 11, 2016-en Presence of former Governor of H-Katanga Jean-Claude Musonda Kazembe and Kalev Mutond, then number one of the National Intelligence Agency - are indicative. According to Lush sources, John Numbi's farm was said to have served as a ' stash ' before the foray under review. On March

′′ What happens in Beni is a well-orchestrated mafia with economic activities as a focus ′′...The ADF terrorist survive in Ituri and north Kivu because of selfishness of some business men and politicians; says MP Iracan Gratien.

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As part of the strong delegation of the National Defence Minister in Beni, National MP Iracan Gratien,qualifies the repetitive killings perpetrated by Ugandan ADF rebels in this well-organized mafia area aimed at blocking all activities of the local population, especially economic activities considered a foundation of development. This Bunia City Official in Ituri, who salutes the bravery of FARDC elements involved in the stalking of the ADF Rebellion Nebula, has during an interview given to Benician press this Sunday, September 27, 2020, believed that ADFs still active in this part of North Kivu province, are making tremendous traffic on some agricultural products in collaboration with a few businessmen. He believes, however, that a great mobilization and / or community participation supported by the regular army, can make it possible to eradicate the ADF phenomenon quickly and permanently. He also rejects the assumption that he has a balkanization plan for this part of the country. ′

Sylvestre Ilunga calls on justice to take up the incident of Bakata Katanga militia in Lubumbashi and to prosecute the perpetrators and co-authors.

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Sylivestre Illunga The katanga flag Tshisekede in Brussels Hours after the incursion of Bakata Katanga elements into the city of Lubumbashi, Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba brought together all security officials and government officials involved in this security sector. The prime minister condemned these acts by calling on justice to set the responsibilities of the perpetrators and co-authors of this incursion into downtown Lubumbashi. ... This foray is a work of insurgents who attacked the post office square and the locals of RTNC Haut-Katanga, using women and children as shields. The Prime Minister insists that all responsibilities should be unfailing for the perpetrators, co-authors and accomplices of these acts said Gilbert Kankonde Malamba, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior and Security. According to the VPM from the inside, security services must strengthen the security of persons and their property so that such situations do not happen again in Haut-Katan

4 people died after an alleged attack by ADF rebels in the beni-Mbau

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 4 civilians died and several other missing missing after an attack by alleged ADF rebels in the Beni-Mbau sector in North Kivu this Saturday, September 26, 2020. According to Manoko Jacques, head of the Matembo district, 3 people were killed in Mbutaba, an agglomeration in the locality of Sikwaila. “There are three bodies of civilians who were found in Mbutaba 2, executed by the attackers who were passing through the area at midday. Their bodies were deposited at the Sanru health post in Mbutaba 1. There are also serious injuries, ”Manoko Jacques said. For his part, Lingasa Mantombela, chief of the town of Kelekele, another lifeless body was discovered the morning of this same Saturday by FARDC elements in full patrol. The event took place in Kingbayi, more or less 7 kilometers from central Mbau. It should be noted that in the space of a week, around 20 people were killed in the Mbau sector by ADF combatants. They are said to be moving from east to west of this part of Beni territory.

After General Kahimbi's death, General Cirimwami takes command of Sokola1 and still the massacres in the far north east increase.President Tshisekede advised to shake up military administration of FARDC in North Kivu and ituri

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  It's now over a month since the massacres have recovered more frequently not only in what is known as the death triangle but also at the feet of Mount Rwenzori, despite the presence of 20 thousand military depending on the number given by the Congolese government. General Kahimbi's death was a hard hit against the enemy but... For memory, opinion will remember that just after the death of General Kahimbi, who with General Mundos was the central piece in the Beni massacres, especially, people saw a certain glimmer of hope on the horizon.Fardcs even took over the enemy in some villages and corners where the enemy had established themselves for long. The reason is simple: the chain of command of the massacres had just been destabilized by the death of its leader General Kahimbi And the enemy no longer had access to the strategies that the Fardc were mounting. It is very possible that Felix Tshisekedi was well informed of General Kahimbi's double game. And with the death of t

Panic in Rwanda, its Ituri massacre funding network has been arrested in Uganda

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A group of individuals coming from Ituri were arrested in Uganda on the night of 21 August 2020 after fraudulently crossing the border through the Semuliki River. This arrest revealed evidence confirming that Paul Kagame's Rwanda deployed all the necessary means in eastern DR Congo in general, but in Ituri in particular, to materialize crimes of massacres and terrorist acts on which it relies the strategy of balkanizing this country. The fact falls as a great risk of treason of outrageous secrets against Kigali. Those who fall into Ugandan security net under this circumstances are Ituri nationals who are part of the network of agents manipulated by Paul Kagame and Joseph Kabila to exterminate their own brothers, hiding this crime under CODECO militias, FPIC and ADF. The very paradoxical thing is that all of these defendants are essentially under the leadership of the Hema cultural association named ′′ ENTE ", except for the driver of the Bira community group. Below are their i

Merkava Мк.3В Baz dor Dalet for War Thunder Merkava Мк.3В Baz dor

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The President of the Democratized Republic of Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, cancels his visit to Goma on Tuesday September 22, 2020 due to an agenda issue, according to reliable sources

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This news comes as the mobilizations were already intensifying in the capital of the province of North Kivu for its warm welcome. Beyond the posters placed along the main roads and roundabouts, several structures were firmly awaiting the arrival in Goma of the Head of State. This is the case of the customary chiefs of North Kivu gathered in the National Alliance of Traditional Authorities of Congo, who had already welcomed and encouraged the Head of State's decision to continue his visit to Goma. For these customary chiefs, the arrival of Félix Tshisekedi was a sigh of relief for the people of Goma, in particular, and North Kivu, in general. For their part, the elected national deputies of North Kivu expressed their determination to meet the President of the Republic in order to explain to him the situation facing the population of North Kivu, said Sengoma Mwanza, chairman of the Caucus of elected national deputies. of North Kivu. In addition, Vital Kamerhe's Union for the Cong

KGB Spetsnaz seek to re-employ Soviet Spymaster’s Unique Methods Against Western Counterintelligence

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 Last Saturday  marked the 95th anniversary of the birth of Yuri Drozdov, the KGB major-general in charge of planting illegal Soviet agents in countries across the West. The KGB’s illegals programme was often able to outplay its opponents in western counterintelligence thanks to the non-conventional tactics employed by the man running it - Directorate ‘C’ chief Yuri Drozdov, says Valery Popov, one of Drozdov’s protégés. Speaking  on the anniversary of the superspy’s birth, Popov, a veteran of the KGB special forces unit Vympel, which Drozdov created in 1981, said that his mentor was a “brilliant” operative with a penchant for enigmatic, out of the box thinking. According to Popov, this was amply demonstrated with the case of Alexei Kozlov, the Soviet spy arrested in Apartheid South Africa in 1981 while gathering intelligence about the country’s illegal nuclear weapons programme. “Kozlov was arrested in the early 1980s, put on death row in a South African prison, and tortured. But he su

The fate of the Goma summit as Shaban Jacquemain Lukoo organises people to Receive president Tshisekede this Tuesday.

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  The mini-summit in Goma, North Kivu, has just been sent off sine die by Kinshasa, after the polite refusal of the Rwandan authorities, talking about health reasons. Indeed, in a press release dated September 18th, Congolese Foreign Minister Marie Tumba Nzeza decided to postpone this meeting to be held on September 20th to a later date. place in North Kivu province, mentioning ′′ reasons for the constraints of the Covid-19 pandemic ". The postponement of the mini-summit follows the wish of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Rwanda ′′ to prefer a mini summit via videoconference on a date to be agreed by the parties concerned given the current situation of Covid-19 ". For Kigali, ′′ a physical encounter could be considered early in 2021 ", according to a note dated September 17th. Kigali's wish has all a polite refusal, as coronavirus disease mentioned as reason to postpone the meeting to another date didn't happen yesterday! This dip