An image that has gone viral on social networks shows the presence of around a hundred veterans of the former vice-president, Riek Machar of the Republic of South Sudan, in the territory of Dungu, Haut-Uele province in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
According to the caption of this image, these veterans were taken on board the helicopter of the United Nations mission for Bunia, the capital of the provincial institutions of Ituri. False, denied Captain Julie Mba, spokesperson for the Uele operational sector. He indicates that it is an old video and that the borders of Haut-Uele (DRC) and the Republic of South Sudan are under the control of Congolese soldiers from the regional intervention forces (FIR) battalion.
“I would like to inform the population that this information is not true, in the province of Haut-Uele, there is no presence of MONUSCO and in this video, we can see the presence of MONUSCO elements and we ourselves did not see the presence of veterans from the South Sudanese Republic. We are the ones who control Dungu airport,” he said.
In an interview with the press this Wednesday, August 28, 2024, this army officer in the region, on this occasion, issued a warning to uncivil people who spread this information. Julie invites the population not to give in to these rumors.
“Those who publish this information have what intention? They are the enemies of the republic, they always want trouble, we are not going to accept that,” he concluded.
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