Civil societies in territory of Masisi alerts DRC government of the raising of a flag of claimed ′′ Republic of Kivu ′′ in the locality of Lwibo by Bakuna groupment in the territory of Masisi.

This citizen structure feared a probable balkanization of the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo says that this flag would be raised in this part of North Kivu Province by the renovated NDC rebel group that has since settled in this locality.
′′ It was since last Tuesday that this flag of the Republic of Kivu was raised by the renovated NDC in our region. We believe that these have raised it with the objective of meeting the needs of foreigners who want to balkanize North and South Kivu. We fear belonging to a Republic that we do not recognize and that is in the interest of foreigners who manipulate people ", said David Mwisha president of local civil society.
It also calls on both provincial and national authorities to investigate the true initiators of this Machiavellian plan that plunges the population in this corner of North Kivu into sessionist anxiety.
It should be noted that this act happenned a few days after the same flag was seen in the city of Bukavu in South Kivu.

North Kivu recorded the biggest number of new cases in DRC as of 05/08/2020

56 new confirmed cases (33 in North - Kivu, 22 in Kinshasa and 1 in Haut-Ulé) out of 489 tested samples, 227 new people cured (185 in Kinshasa and 42 in other provinces)
0 death, 302 suspect cases
Since the beginning of the epidemic, the cumulation of cases has been 9.309, including 9.308 confirmed cases and 1 probable cases:
• Kinshasa: 7.701 cases
• Kongo-Central: 404 cases
• North Kivu: 376 cases
• Haut-Katanga: 304 cases
• South Kivu: 295 cases
• Lualaba: 88 cases
• Ituri: 64 cases
• High Ulle: 30 cases
• Tshopo: 25 cases
• Kwilu: 6 cases
• Ecuador: 5 cases
• South Ubangi: 5 cases
• Haut-Lomami: 1 cases
• Kasai: 1 cases
• Kasai-Central: 1 cases
• Kwango: 1 cases
• North Ubangi: 1 cases
In total there were 8.048 people cured and 215 deaths (214 confirmed cases and 1 probable cases). Bulletin of the Technical Secretariat of the response to Covid-19 in the DRC.

militiamen of the Patriotic and Integrationist Front. of Congo FPIC, known under the name of "Chini ya Kilima" attacked kombu in the morning of Tuesday August 03, 2020

The locality of kombu  in the Basili chiefdom, Irumu territory more than 20 km south of Bunia on the national road N ° 27 woke up under fire from the attackers identified with the militiamen of the Patriotic and Integrationist Front. of Congo FPIC, known under the name of "Chini ya Kilima" the morning of Tuesday August 03, 2020.

The head of this locality confirms the news, however, indicates that the results of the attack are not yet available.

"We heard gunfire from the Orua Bridge side, it's 10 km from where I am but I don't have the record yet," he explained.

Lieutenant Jules Ngongo, army spokesman in Ituri, promises to speak out on this subject.

Witnesses on the spot report a panic that gripped the population after the incident.

COVID19 cases in DRC as per 03/08/2020 report

45 new confirmed cases (34 in Kinshasa, 6 in South Kivu, 3 in North Kivu, 1 in Ituri and 1 in Kwilu) out of 431 tested samples, 303 new healed people (256 in Kinshasa and 47 in other provinces),
0 deaths, 52 suspected cases detected.
Since the beginning of the epidemic, the cumulation of cases has been 9,178, including 9,177 confirmed cases and 1 probable cases:
• Kinshasa: 7.638 cases
• Kongo-Central: 404 cases
• North Kivu: 313 cases
• Haut-Katanga: 304 cases
• South Kivu: 295 cases
• Lualaba: 88 cases
• Ituri: 63 cases
• High Ulle: 26 cases
• Tshopo: 25 cases
• Kwilu: 6 cases
• Ecuador: 5 cases
• South Ubangi: 5 cases
• Haut-Lomami: 1 cases
• Kasai: 1 cases
• Kasai-Central: 1 cases
• Kwango: 1 cases
• North Ubangi: 1 cases
In total there were 7.727 people cured and 215 deaths (214 confirmed cases and 1 probable cases).

DRC's 34th military region officially announces the surrender of 100 of NDC-renove militants

After tensions observed within the rebel movement NDC-Renové and fighting between the two factions of the NDC-R which caused a massive displacement of the populations in the locality of pinga in the territory of Walikale, the Congolese army announces by its spokesperson from the 34th military region a redistribution of a hundred fighters from the side of the NDC movement of Guidon as from the side of the NDC led by Bwira.

According to the spokesperson for operations sokola 2 Major ndjike kaiko, some hundred fighters surrendered following an awareness campaign made last Saturday in pinga by the provincial authority who went to sympathize with the population in distress.
He adds that around 50 weapons have been received by the army from these fighters.
He also welcomes the initiative of the provincial governor in sensitizing young people to a commitment to peace by laying down their arms.

Note that a delegation made up of the provincial governor Carly Nzanzu Kasivita, the president of the provincial assembly of North Kivu accompanied by the provincial elected representatives of Walikale and Masisi, the commander of the 34th military region and the head of office of Monusco Goma encouraged the FARDC in the hunt for the rebels and comforted the population of pinga victims of the fighting between these two rebel factions in July.

Chinese flagship tech products Weibo and Baidu Search have been blocked by India’s government in the second batch of application bans instituted by New Delhi

According to the Times of India news outlet citing sources, the Chinese equivalents of Google search and Twitter were among the additionally banned apps late last month.

The government has notified Google and Apple that they should remove those applications from the app stores and directed internet service providers to block their use on Indian territory, the news outlet reported citing a government source.

In late June India banned 59 Chinese-developed applications from use in India after tensions between the Asian giants came to a head over Himalayan border dispute.
RENEWED list of banned apps mainly targeted clones of previously banned ones, but with the bans Baidu Search and Weibo, India’s tech marketplace has been all but purged of Chinese made products.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had around 200,000 followers on microblogging app Weibo before he deleted it over the escalating tensions, the Times of India reported.

The border dispute between the two countries, which has effectively never been settled, took a turn for the worse when China and india face off in the border region. India said that 20 soldiers where killed in face-to-face combat (firearms are banned from the border as a confidence-building measure) while China has not disclosed its losses in that skirmish.

Russia is already delivering its Avifavir medication against COVID-19 to 15 countries

Russia is already delivering its Avifavir medication against COVID-19 to 15 countries, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which took part in the creation of this treatment, told the broadcaster Russia-24 in an interview.
"We can boast great achievements in this area, as the medication has been delivered to over 15 countries", Kirill Dmitriev said.
"This is really important, as there are in fact only two international antiviral drugs that are delivered to a certain number of countries: the United States' Remdesivir and the Russian Avifavir. Ninety percent of the produced Remdesivir has been purchased by the US. So, it is no surprise that 15 countries have purchased our medication", the RDIF CEO explained.
Russia is in talks with at least 20 countries, including Brazil and India on producing its vaccine.
Medics in the Russian military hospital after coronavirus vaccine trials
Earlier on Monday, Kromis — a joint venture between the RDIF and the pharmaceutical company ChemRar — announced it had reached agreement on Avifavir deliveries to South Africa and seven countries in Latin America.
Avifavir received a registration certificate from the Russian Ministry of Health in late May, becoming the world's first favipiravir-based drug approved for the treatment of COVID-19

Three new ebola cases in Equateur of DRC

Three new cases of Ebola virus disease were confirmed on Thursday, July 30, by the technical secretariat for the fight against this disease in the country. The three cases come from three different health zones namely: Bolomba (Boso Nzala), Ingende (Wangata) and Lotumbe (Bossa). No new cases of death among the confirmed cases have been recorded.
In the health zone of Bolomba, a person, declared cured, left the Ebola treatment center (CTE).
The response team also notes that a patient was reclassified from cured death to having had two negative laboratory results after his death. He was confirmed to have EVD on July 6 and taken care of at the Wangata CTE. He had died before his release from CTE on July 24.
Since the start of this 11th Ebola epidemic declared on June 1 in the province of Equateur, the cumulative amount has been 72 cases, including 68 confirmed and 4 probable. In total, there were 31 deaths (27 confirmed and 4 probable) and 26 healed (people cured).
The 7 affected health zones are Bikoro, Bolomba, Iboko, Mbandaka, Lutumbe, Wangata and ingende

The IRGC has released detailed images of Al-Udeid Air Base – the Qatar-based home of the US military’s Central Command, with the snaps taken by Iran’s new domestically-developed ‘Noor’ (Light) military satellite.

The images were reportedly obtained amid the ongoing massive war games in southern Iran involving multiple branches of the armed forces, including elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) formations.
The IRGC has released detailed images of Al-Udeid Air Base – the Qatar-based home of the US military’s Central Command, with the snaps taken by Iran’s new domestically-developed ‘Noor’ (Light) military satellite.
First we see what looks like a satellite tracking station, then a graphic of "IRAN_SAT" sending signals to Tehran. Next, imagery of Al-Udeid Airbase, which seem to be taken at different times. You can see changes in positions of KC-135s. "Changes in targets" written underneath the photoshoots.Here is the tweet
The images include several detailed snaps of the airbase itself, with the pictures apparently taken during various intervals, based on the changing positions of aircraft on runways. One of the images appears to be an infrared view showing heat signatures emitted by aircraft and the nearby facilities.
Al-Udeid is the US’s largest military base in the Middle East, with as many as 11,000 personnel permanently stationed at the facility at any one time, and the base used to direct US military operations across the region.
The images are featured in a video showing off Iran’s drone, air power and missile might, with drones, planes and missiles shown to be targeting a range of objects, including a mock-up aircraft carrier.
The images were released amid the ongoing ‘Great Prophet 14’ military drills in Hormozgan province, southern Iran, with the territory bordering on the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. The massive drills kicked off on Tuesday. In addition to its intelligence-gathering activities, the Noor satellite has reportedly been used to monitor the exercises from space.
The Noor satellite was launched into orbit in April . US Chief of Space Operations Gen. Jay Raymond derided the launch at the time, calling the satellite a “tumbling webcam in space” and suggesting it would be “unlikely” to provide Iran with any usable intelligence.
US troops at the Al-Udeid Air Base and the nearby Al-Dhafra Air Base in Abu Dhabi, UAE were reportedly temporarily put on alert this week after missile fire was detected in the area where the drills are taking place. “The incident lasted for a matter of minutes and an all clear was declared after the threat…had passed,” US Army Maj. Beth Riordan was quoted as saying.
The US Navy slammed Iran’s ‘Great Prophet 14’ drills on Wednesday, taking special issue with the use of a mock-up of a US aircraft carrier. “We are always watchful of this type of irresponsible and reckless behaviour by Iran in the vicinity of busy international waterways,” a spokesperson for the US Fifth Fleet was
quoted as saying.
In addition to the satellite, Iran showed off the capabilities of its underground missile units during the drills. Drone units, aircraft, and a variety of sea-to-sea and coastal defence missiles were fired during the wargames. On Wednesday, IRGC Aerospace Force Commander Brig. Gen Amir Ali Hajizadeh revealed that the drills also
included defeating a simulated US Theater High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD)-style system by targeting it with radar-evading missiles. “With the facilities in our possession, we can hit any hostile target at any location in the Persian Gulf region, the Sea of Oman, and the Indian Ocean,” Hajizadeh said.
The drills come in the wake of the latest escalation in tensions in the already strained Iranian-US relationship last week, after an Iranian passenger airliner was forced to take evasive maneuvers following an interception by two US fighter jets over Syrian airspace. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called the incident an act of “aerial terrorism” by the US, and urged the International Civil Aviation Organisation, the United Nations Security Council, Syria and Lebanon to take appropriate action to hold Washington accountable for its alleged violation of international law.

USA and Israel sign a document on air defence cooperation

The Israeli Defence Ministry hosted on Thursday the annual US-Israeli Defence Policy Advisory Group (DPAG). The DPAG session discussed strategic and regional security challenges following the recent escalation between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement on the border, with explosions and exchanges of gunfire.
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) and the US military have signed a document that provides for the partnership between the states in the air defence field, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said.
The US Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) and Israel’s Iron Dome are both anti-ballistic missile defence systems, which are designed to intercept and shoot down short-, medium- and intermediate-range aircraft devices.
The IDF also praised the longstanding cooperation between Israel and the United States.
IAF officers, led by Air Defence Division commander, Brig. Gen. Ran Kochav, held a video conference with members of the US European Command, the Jerusalem Post reported, citing the IDF statement.
The US has provided Israel with extensive support in political, economic and military directions. The two states also coordinate joint military exercises and weapons development, as well as some other scientific and cultural exchanges.
With the backing of the United States, the expanding of sovereignty over the West Bank and the Jordan Valley was among the top declarations of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's campaign.