According to military sources quoted by local media, Army General Célestin Mbala is on a mission to inspect and assess military operations against ADF rebels in the region.
This arrives in Beni while the population is already expressing its fed up with the persistence of insecurity, especially the killings of civilians perpetrated by the ADF.
On Wednesday, some residents of Beni signed a deed of engagement to fight the ADF. These residents were supported by Lucha activists and staged a peaceful protest outside the town hall to obtain the mayor's permission to go and fight the ADF rebels.
Interim Mayor Bakwanamaha Modeste said it is not for him to prohibit or allow such an initiative but rather for the military. He called on protesters not to disrupt army operations against the rebellion in the region.
Celestin Mbala is returning from the town of Bunia where he had been staying since September 11 for an official mission.
In Ituri province, he promised to do everything in his power to restore peace to the people of Ituri province (northeast of DR Congo).
He proceeded with the installation of the new commander of the 3rd defense zone.
This working visit was part of the materialization of the options raised by the Supreme Defense Council chaired by the Head of State, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi last September 7, concerning the "problematic of armed groups in the East from the country ".
The President of the Republic had given new instructions to the officials of the FARDC, the PNC and the intelligence services in his capacity as supreme commander of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Congolese National Police.
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