Colonel Joseph Tipi Ngadjole Olikwa, also known as Ziroziro, died in an ambush in the Mikenge/Minembwe region, according to sources close to his family.
Commander of this Congolese army operational axis in South Kivu, he was targeted this afternoon by a sniper while joining his unit, which had captured the town of Mikenge the previous day.
Long deployed in military operations of the Armed Forces of the DRC against the ADF in the Beni (Eringeti) territory when General Muhindo Akili, also known as Mundos, was in command of these operations, Tipi Ziroziro was described as an active field commander close to his units, although other reports suggested his troops were ineffective on the front lines.
Deployed for several years in South Kivu, specifically in Minembwe where he served as commander of the 312th battalion of the 31st brigade of the Congolese army, he was sanctioned by the European Union for abuses committed by his troops against civilian populations. According to the biography provided by the European Union at the time, he was born in 1977 in Fataki in the Ituri province.
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