ADF and MAIMAI terrorising Walese-Vokontu chiefdom in Irumu territory in ITURI

The NGO-DH Convention for the respect of human rights (CRDH) in Irumu territory in the province of Ituri, alert on the illicit harassment and enrichment of Mayi-Mayi militiamen in several agglomerations of this territory in Walese chiefdom -Vonkutu.
According to its coordinator Christophe Munyanderu, who presented the  information onon Saturd, June 27, 2020, the latter demand a sum of 3,000 Congolese francs as well as a quantity of food from the farming inhabitants, who began to return to this region after the recent attacks by Ugandan ADF rebels.
"In general, in Irumu territory, there is the activism of armed groups, in particular the Mai-Mai militiamen in the Walese-Vonkutu chiefdom. While the latter commit atrocities on the population. They are demanding from each cultivator 3,000 FC and a quantity of food for their survival in this entity. " he declares.
Christophe Munyanderu demands the urgent involvement of the competent authorities to settle this situation. He wishes to see these militiamen be dislodged in this part, so that the population lives in peace.
Note that the Walese-Vokontu chiefdom in Irumu territory is also facing the activism of the ADF rebels. The latter have repeatedly attacked the villages of Ndalya, Biane, Mufutabangi and the surrounding area, causing the death of several civilians and the massive displacement of survivors.

On this Sunday,CODECO militias have killed two more people.

A new attack by militiamen from the Congo Development Cooperative, CODECO in acronym, has been reported in Maze, a locality in the territory of Djugu, chiefdom of Bahema North.
According to local civil society reporting, it was around 9 p.m. that these outlaws entered, with the aim of looting the property of the population.
But they killed a woman and her son before taking away several goats belonging to the victim.
“We killed 2 people, Maman Joséphine and her son Deogracias. They were assassinated around 9 p.m. in the village of Beti on Labo hill and took several goods from his house "testifies Jean-Vianney Nguess.
He also adds that these CODECO millers came from the Ladedjo group to get food before returning to their camp.
In this territory, the macabre counting is done almost every day.
Like this Sunday, Bahema Badgere civil society has alerted to the deaths of at least 12 civilians in just 2 days, still by CODECO attackers.

What about three years CODECO has spent terrorising ITURI?Am happy that MONUSCO and DRC answered my Questions.People in ITURI must have peace.

It has been almost three years since the beginning of the atrocities attributed to the CODECO militia in the Djugu territory located north of the city of Bunia in Ituri. Under the facilitation of Monusco, local news outlets carried out a mission to assess the security and the impact of the action of  MONUSCO engaged alongside the Congolese army, in the heavy task of restoring the peace in this part of the country.
Several villages visited on the Bule-Largu-Maze axis, considered "the epicenter of violence" for having been the starting point in December 2017, are almost uninhabited and present an image of desolation, with houses for the most burned down and fields of crops abandoned and devastated.
For two days, from June 25 to 27, 2020, our reporter who traveled on a completely dilapidated road during this rainy period, the localities of Katoto, Lita, Kparanganza, Largu, Ché, Saliboko, Dheja, Blukua, Drodro, Roe, Maze… paints a picture of a dying territory, with a population mainly on the run.
Katoto, a locality located some 20 km from Bunia, the residents timidly fear in their stomachs, fearing possible attacks from the surrounding villages where the militiamen operate.
Despite the almost regular patrols of UN soldiers, a large part of the population of this locality remains on the move in the capital of the province, where several hundred thousand IDPs live, living in makeshift camps, supported by the humanitarian.
Farther away, Kparanganza is among the rare villages inhabited by the two antagonistic tribes of the region, the Hema and the Lendu, whose dwellings are only separated by a road. Here, only houses with closed doors offer a welcome to visitors.
This is also the case of other entities like Che, Saliboko on the road to Drodro, which have almost completely emptied of their inhabitants following multiple attacks. Most of them took refuge in the Roe site, which today hosts between 4,000 and 5,300 civilians, according to estimates by Charité Banza, leader of civil society in the region.
The security of this largest IDP site inside Djugu is provided by the Bangladeshi contingent of Monusco.
Children displaced at Roe site
But Banza condemns the way international NGOs distribute food for these vulnerable people.
"How can we distribute food to some and leave others?" More than 1,500 displaced people live in unknown sites that are not receiving assistance, "he said, citing in particular the Djangi, Una and Vongi camps located just a few kilometers from Drodro.
Exchange between Monusco peacekeepers, FARDC soldiers and the civilian population in Maze
Passing Roe to go to Dheja, Gustave Dhendro and other local notables pleaded for the installation of a temporary base of peacekeepers in this environment which constitutes a great passage for the attackers during their attacks.
On their way back from Dheja, MONUSCO soldiers administered medicine to a few residents of Maze who were found sick.
Arriving at Drodro, the main town in the region, the Curé of the Catholic parish, which also receives a large number of displaced people, called on Monusco to intensify its patrols.
Father Dieudonné Londjiringa also called for increased humanitarian assistance in food and drinking water for people who fled their villages.
Displaced people accommodated within the catholic parish of Drodro
Formerly considered as one of the “granaries” of the province and the country for its supply of agricultural products, in particular beans, potatoes, corn and others which flooded the markets of Bunia, Kisangani and even Kinshasa where they were routed via the Congo River, the territory of Djugu, is now only a shadow of itself.
Despite all the efforts of the national army, the UN mission, the provincial and national authorities to destroy the CODECO militia whose motivations are often badly or little expressed, peace is slow to return.
It should be noted that Djugu is in the center of the province of Ituri and is among the most populated territories in the Congo with a population estimated at more than 2 million inhabitants, making it one of the main hotbeds of conflicts.
The reestablishment of state authority poses a huge problem in this entity, there are entire villages devoid of a police or military presence.
Access to justice is also one of the biggest challenges.
Djugu’s entire territory has only one peace tribunal, which sits in the mining town of Mungwalu in the far west. This means that entire populations have to travel several kilometers to meet with a judge.

The only prison in Djugu’s territory since the colonial era is also being abandoned following its very dilapidated state. The promise of its rehabilitation made last year by Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi during his visit to the region is slow to materialize.
You can get my questioning about these CODECO militiamen here

A brief biography of Janet Kataha Museveni

Hon.Janet Kataaha Museveni born June 24, 1948 is the First Lady of Uganda since May 1986. She is married to President Yoweri Museveni, with whom they have four children. She is the current Minister of Education and Sports in Uganda's Cabinet. She was appointed to this position on 6th June, 2016. She previously served as Minister for Karamoja Affairs in the Cabinet of Uganda from 27 May 2011 until 6 June 2016. She also served as the elected Member of Parliament representing Ruhaama County in Ntungamo District, between 2011 and 2016.
Janet Museveni went into exile in 1971, when Idi Amin toppled the Obote I regime in a military coup. She married Yoweri Museveni in August 1973. When Idi Amin's regime fell from power in April 1979, she moved back to Uganda from Tanzania where she had been living in exile with her husband.
In February 1981; Janet Museveni and her children re-located to Nairobi, Kenya, where they lived with family friends until 1983. In 1983, they moved to Gothenburg, Sweden, and stayed there until May 1986, four months after Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army had seized power in Kampala.
Janet Museveni an old girl of Bweranyagye Girls Secondary School; holds a Bachelors Degree in Education from Makerere University which she acquired in 1997 after joining the university in 1995. She also has a Diploma in Early Childhood Development from Sweden.
In November 2005 Janet Museveni showed her desire to join active politics when she announced that she would seek the parliamentary seat of Ruhaama County, in the February 2006 Ugandan general elections. She contested the seat against the candidate for Forum for Democratic Change, Augustine Ruzindana, and won overwhelmingly. She was re-elected in March 2011 to another five-year term.
On 16 February 2009, Janet Museveni was appointed State Minister for Karamoja Affairs and on 27 May 2011, she was elevated to Minister for Karamoja Affairs.
Aside politics and being the first lady of Uganda; Janet Museveni boasts of other achievements such as being the founder of Uganda Women's Effort to Save Orphans (UWESO), an indigenous NGO which cares for war-related and HIV/AIDS-affected orphans in all the Districts of Uganda. The NGO has been in operation since 1986 and works with major UN agencies and other international donor agencies.
The first lady is also the founder and Patron of National Strategy for the Advancement of Rural Women in Uganda (NSARWU), an NGO which works with poor rural women to empower them economically through various interventions.
Founder and Patron of the Uganda Youth Forum (UYF) and NGO that engages the youth of Uganda for purposes of character and behavior formation particularly with regard to HIV and AIDS prevention. Janet Museveni is also the Patron of the Safe Motherhood Initiative of the Ministry of Health and WHO for reduction of maternal mortality and morbidity. She is as well the Co-chair of CURE Hospital - a special Hospital for crippled children in Uganda, with CURE International.
She is also an Active member of OAFLA, an Organization that unites the First Ladies of Africa in the fight against HIV and AIDS in the Region.

Why Celestine Tiguan ya kasende,DRC minister of Justice was arrested?

Celestine Tiguan ya kasende was born in Bukavu on July 21, 1954. Originally from Lubao, a former district of Kabinda, which has become a province of la Lomami, he is married to Madame Julielle Kasongo mbiye.
He studied at the Athénée Royale in Bukavu, then humanities at the College of the Holy Spirit of the Jesuits in Bujumbura, where he obtained his state diploma in 1975, in 1984 he obtained a degree in Public Law at the University of Kinshasa.

Last night,A dozen police officers camped in front of the home of Congolese Minister of Justice, Célestin Tiguan ya Kasende, in Kinshasa. "A mandate to bring" was issued against him by the Attorney General at the Court of Cassation, confirmsc a police source.
However, still according to this source, Minister Tiguan did not "agreed" to follow the police. " He locked himself in his house. He denounced a violation of the procedure, explaining that before he is arrested, the National Assembly must be able to lift its immunity.
According to our reports, his arrest follows the opening of a judicial process in flagrancy against Minister Célestin Tiguan. On friday during the Council of Ministers, it was established that the latter sent an opinion on behalf of the government to the National Assembly, without having informed its hierarchy.
During the Council of Ministers on Friday, June 26th in Kinshas led by President Félix Tshisekedi, a subject has opposed government ministers. These are the controversial laws of FCC Minaku and Sakata. According to our reports, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister in charge of Justice Célestin Tiguan ya Kasende had just started the debates around these laws before one of his colleagues challenged it. " Mr. President [of the Republic], the Minister of Justice is laughing at you], said the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Budget, Jean-Baudoin Mayo, whose words are reported by two ministers who took part to the Council of Ministers.
Like several ministers from the cach coalition, Jean-Baudoin Mayo then points out to the head of state that the laws under discussion are already being handled by Minister Tiguan, who has already sent the government's opinions to the National Assembly. " In turn, President Félix Tshisekedi, shocked, returns to the Minister of Justice to confirm the facts. The latter did not deny it, the head of state preferred to leave the video conference, regret that there is a lack of sincerity. He also asked that this incident be recorded in the report ", explains a minister who required anonymity.
The National Assembly had before the government to give its opinion on these three proposals of laws which are widely challenged by both the opposition and the presidential party, udps. However, in a letter dated June 20, 18, the Minister of Justice delivered the opinions to the National Assembly "on behalf of the government". In his letter, where he copy Prime Minister Sylvestre ilunkamba , he says he gives "the opinion" of the government, while the same topic is expected to be discussed at the Government Council this Friday, June 26
Speaking after the departure of the head of state, Prime Minister Sylvestre ilunkamba quickly closed the debates in a fish tail. There is no doubt that the chapter will continue in the next few hours. Content URLs link a link to the content you want to post on your website. EmbarquerEn learn more about on-board content (opens a new tab) Sorry, this content can't be boarded. Try to convert to link
In the evening, the famous letter and proposals from the Minister of Justice surfaced on social media. Some opponents, who would denounce the Minaku-Sakata law, have denounced the fact that Minister Célestin Tiguan also passes the Council of Ministers to give his opinions on behalf of the government. " The Minister of Justice has committed a serious fault to Parliament on controversial proposals by the Government on controversial proposals, and the Minister of Justice has committed a serious fault in the duties of his office. Trust is broken, he will either resign or be removed ", said MP Claudel Lubaya on Twitter.
For its part, the Congolese Human Rights Association calls for prosecutions against Minister Célestin Tiguan. " The acaj calls on the Attorney General near the Court of Cassation to open an urgent criminal investigation into the conditions in which the VPM TUNDA sent the Assembly opinions, on behalf of the Government, on behalf of the Government, on the 3 MINAKU texts, then that he had never ruled it ", says his president Deep.
At the Cabinet of Minister Tiguan, it is insane that the minister tried to do anything without the government's knowledge. " There was no question of doing this action at the government's government because the prime minister, head of government, was in copy and the Deputy Minister of Justice (of member)... so this transmission took place in full transparency ", explains a member of the cabinet of this minister from Joseph Kabila's coalition.
In these three legislative proposals, Members Garry Sakata and Aubin Minaku propose, among other things, a conference of prosecutor s' conference as a forum for dialogue and exchange. It will, according to the proposal, be chaired by the Minister of Justice. One of the texts discusses the procedure for the Minister of Justice against the prosecutor's office. This is one of the proposals that upset the opposition. The two elected officials propose that the guard of the seals, which is no other than Minister Célestin Tiguan, have the opportunity to report a fault committed by a judge. However, to suspend, suspend or blame the latter would remain the responsibility of the Supreme Council of the Judges. In protest, udps militants, the party of Félix Tshisekedi, have shown on the edge of the People's Palace, the headquarters of the Congolese Parliament, on Monday and Tuesday. Some vehicles, including those of a MP, have been sent. Police had to step in with tear gas to restore order.

What Emmanuel shadry and his party had to say on his arrest?
The senior officials of the People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (pprd) have shown unprecedented solidarity with one of their, Célestin Tiguan ya Kasende who had just been arrested, audition and released.
Barely learned of the arrest of the Minister of Justice, many of them landed before the court of Cassation, at the prosecutor's office where the minister and their colleague of the party, Célestin Tiguan ya Kasende.
It could be seen Aubin Minaku, Ramazani Shadary, the permanent secretary of the pprd, Jaynet Kabila, National MP and Chairman of the Defense and Security Committee, Félix Kabange Numbi, Evariste Boshab, Aubin Minaku, Geneviève Ibagosi, Moses Ekanga, Mbuyu, an advice from the honorary president Henry Mova Sakanyi, Colette Tshomba,.. all called for the freedom of a minister for whom they denounce an arbitrary arrest.
In any case, there is evidence that the pressure that the main party of one of the power groups has paid. Otherwise, the pressure with which the minister was arrested, he should not be so easily released. We were already talking about a trial in flagrancy and even the verdict would come out this very night.
Was there justice or it was the pressure and influence of the former presidential party that took it away. We'll definitely know.
On the other hand, at the end of the hearing, Minister Tiguan headed, with his party mates, at the permanent service.
Very angry, Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary said that there is no one who can bully them. In fact, he promises to release an action schedule this Sunday to block the road to what they call a dictatorship.
Célestin Tiguan, Vice-Prime Minister, Minister of Justice and seal rank was arrested this Saturday's evening on instructions from the General Attorney General near the Court of Cassation. This one was accused of fake and using fake.

 "It is neither a judge nor a president of the Republic, but it was Tiguan who instructed the prosecutor about the 100-day trials" (Shadary)
vital Kamerhe during the trial says "100 days"
Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, Permanent Secretary of the pprd, the party of former President Joseph Kabila, was back this Saturday at the headquarters of his political formation, following the arrest of Célestin Tiguan Ya Kasende, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice and Guard of the seals.
For him, Tiguan could not undergo this treatment as he is on the front line in the requests that have resulted in the so-called "100 days" trials.
" We are for the rule of law. They talked here about the 100 day trial. The deputy prime minister educated the prosecutor's office to investigate this case ", he said.
According to him, all the honour goes to the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice and Guard of the Seals.
" This is neither a judge nor a president of the republic. Minister Tiguan did this for the rule of law to rule in this country ", he added.
As a reminder, this Saturday, vital Kamerhe has been sentenced to 20 years of forced labor, in addition to accessory sentences, including the ban on access to any public office, for the 10 years following the end of his sentence of prison of freedom.
Justice had also sentenced Benjamin Wanga and Fulgence Lobota Bamaros, Director General of the Office of Roads and Drainage (OVD) and the National Road Maintenance Fund (FONER) to three of the forced labor. They had been found guilty of misappropriation of public money. For his part, Modest Makabuza, boss of Congolese construction company (SOCOC) was given a year of forced labor. He was found guilty of complicity in abuse.
Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, Permanent Secretary of the pprd, former President Joseph Kabila's party, sent a message to Cape for Change (cach) about the future of their coalition. He remembered the position displayed since the beginning of this week by his political formation: the pprd no longer rule out co-existence with camp Tshisekedi.
" We repeat it today with strength. They say it's not right to go in coalition with us. We are sure they say anything in front of their militants, even of. Everyone knows the truth of what happened. They tell of of ", he said at the headquarters of the pprd after the release of Célestin Tiguan Ya Kasende, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice and Guard of the Seals.
And he goes further:
" If they no longer want the coalition, we have said it loud and clear that we are heading towards the Constitution consequences. This means setting up co-existence and that the FCC manages the Republic and FCC will be responsible for its actions in front of the people ".
Still this week, Augustin Kabuya, General Secretary a. i of udps, did not seem intimidated by this position. He also mentioned what he sees as "hypocrisy on the part of the FCC".
" Since we've been in this coalition. Everything they pose as an act doesn't reassure anyone. We did 7 months to form the government. There's a problem ", he said.
And add:
" They are in a logic to take us into a distraction. We saw it again during the talks for public company leaders ".
He even announces that it is considering giving "a word of order" if the FCC does not withdraw the bills .

From yesterday morning I have been trying to contact a lot of my contemporaries with an aim of trying to understand what is really behind CODECO,it seems thus militia group is deep rooted in the societies of Ituri,but the biggest question is"does the DRC gorvenment know this?what does MONUSCO exhaustively say about CODECO?? Has FARDC failed to uproot them?
...This is what happened in the night of Friday to Saturday.....

Civil society in chiefdom of Bahema Badgere, Djugu territory reports 12 civilians killed in attacks attributed to CODECO militiamen, between Friday and Saturday June 27, 2020.
“Around 3 pm on Friday, in the village, they killed 4 people including the village chief and a midwife who works in a local health center, before also injuring 1 man. The night of that same Friday to Saturday, they attacked the villages of Kodjo and Mbata where they killed 8 people "as  reported by Molodra Désiré, coordinator of this citizen structure.
Mr. Molodra pleads for a sufficient deployment of FARDC soldiers in certain villages such as Goba and Nzalda where there is no presence of the police.
However ,up to now,the FARDC army has not yet given more substantiated information about this attack,but the civilians confirmed the attack.
The militia of CODECO active for 3 years in the province of Ituri, multiplied atrocities against the civil populations which made several hundreds of deaths since the beginning of the current year, acts that the criminal court international ICC describes as "likely to constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity".

LUCHA calls for investigations on the killings by ADF-NALU and CODECO in ITURI

LUCHA, Lutte pour le Changement, expresses its deep concern at the deterioration of security in Ituri and North Kivu. Crimes that should not go unpunished.
In a press briefing held this Friday June 26, 2020 in Bunia, this citizen movement, in a series of recommendations to international and national decision-makers, suggests opening an international investigation to identify and punish the perpetrators of these serious crimes in two provinces.
"An independent, impartial, transparent and swift international investigation is needed to establish the facts and the responsibility for the killings, mutilations, kidnappings, destruction and looting perpetrated in the Beni region and in Ituri since the recent wave of violence. This investigation should focus in particular on the identification of the actors in the massacres and other serious acts, on the role of the Congolese civil and military authorities (…) "read their press release.
Beyond the judicial aspect, this civic structure through its communication unit in Ituri, also wishes efforts on the security, humanitarian and reconciliation levels.
"There is an urgent need to establish an international military force, reinforced in troops and resources, with the mandate of ensuring the effective protection of civilians, tracking down the perpetrators of the massacres, and stabilizing Ituri and Beni on the model of the Artémis operation in 2003 ”.
In Ituri, since 2017, the mystical-religious movement of CODECO has been the source of insecurity in Djugu and Mahagi. The Beni region of North Kivu is insecure due to the activism of the ADF / NALU rebels nearly 6 years ago, where civilians are killed and abducted, houses burned and looted.
In the two provinces, the humanitarian situation remains precarious with a very high number of displaced people, sometimes without any assistance.
A few days ago, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, expressed concern about investigating the atrocities of Djugu and Mahagi, in Ituri.

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Among the sectors hard hit by Corona pandemic is education!! In our country,Students and pupils are at this time not sure if they will continue with their education this year.However,the gorvenment has assured the country of the commencement of schools in coming month.The most hardly hit in this sector are childrenbof poor people and those from poor villages where it has been too hard to access education means that can be readily available and availed to students and pupils from rich families and urban areas.The issue using TVs and radios to carry out teaching or revisions is more favourable to students in rich families and from urban areas.Even if it was the accessiblity of learning materials over the Internet,this again favours the students from rich families and those from towns due to the reasons you all know.There has been a feeling that even the enforcement of covid19 directives was more harsh in these upcountry areas than in towns,and as a result parents and students were and are not in condusive modes and moods to carry on individual studies.
We have seen government instill measures and carry on education programs on Radios and ts or via the internet,but all this only favours the students from urban area and from rich families to a bigger extent!!!

However as you are still in this lockdown these links can provide good information, education materials ...that can help you.
Always visit these sites ,and download exams and exercises which you can share and work upon.
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NB; You can do these exercises, and share over social media to compare your answers and how you have done it!! Let social media not be for unuseful things and leisure! May God bless you

MTN,Orange,Vodacom and Airtel teamed up to launch a healthy digital platform meant to reach more than 600 million mobile phone subscribers across this continent.

 MTN, Vodacom, Airtel and Orange are the africa's telecommunications giants behind the newly launched digital health platform designed to reach more than 600 million mobile phone subscribers across this continent.
The  aims of this platform is to mitigate the health and economic impact of COVID-19 and it is fully suppprted by United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is behind the Africa Communication and Information Platform (ACIP) for Health and Economic Action which describes the platform, which was launched on 23 June 2020, as two-way communication between citizens and health authorities, adding that it has the potential to reach 80% of Africa’s  mobile phone subscribers.
You can read a full dossier here

Local chief pleads to MONUSCO to establish bases in mwanga, Solowa and Tseli in ITURI to protect DRC civilians from rebel attacks

Thursday, June 25, 2020 as part of a mission to assess the role of Monusco in the protection of civilians, Zorabo Lemy Jonas, chief of chiefdom of Baboa-Bokoe located about ten kilometers northwest of Bunia has pleaded for the installation of a military base in the locality of Mwanga several times targeted by the attacks of the militiamen of CODECO.
"We need a Monusco base in Mwanga, Solowa and Tseli where there are often attacks by CODECO attackers", he said.
The customary authority has also invited the peacekeepers to step up their patrols and also fund some development projects in this area.
For his part Atiminedi Utundeni, in charge of gender, family and children in this chiefdom has prohibited the local population from carrying out defamation campaigns against the UN soldiers who are often wrongly accused of supporting the enemies of peace by providing them weapons and ammunition.
Last month, several voices were raised in Ituri demanding the departure of Monusco, in particular civil society and the caucus of parliamentarians from this province, believing that the UN mission was not doing enough to protect civilians.