Hundreds of Congolese stranded in Rwanda must first prove that they are free from Covid19 before entering DRC land

hundred Congolese who would like to return to the city of Bukavu in South Kivu are stranded in Rwanda.
In an interview on Wednesday, August 05, 2020, Cosmos Bishisha, provincial minister of health specified that these Congolese must have proof that they have tested negative against Covid-19 to cross the border and return to the city ​​of Bukavu.
“With Covid-19 today, we have regulated the movement of people from one country to another. We have a protocol that we must follow. This protocol stipulates that for anyone coming from abroad  must provide proof that they are not contaminated by the virus via the laboratory test valid for 72 hours. These Congolese who are in Rwanda and who want to return to the country must present the results of the tests carried out in this country of origin to us, ”he explained.
He specifies that the rapid test for personal and / or travel reasons is chargeable at the price of $ 30 throughout the entire Democratic Republic of Congo.
It should be recalled that since last week, several Congolese who have received authorization from the DRC embassy in Rwanda to be repatriated have been blocked to cross the border for lack of test results.

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Suspected ADF attacked kyamata village in irumu territory

Suspected Ugandan ADF rebels made a new attack on the Banyali-Tchabi chiefdom, in Irumu territory, from Tuesday to Wednesday, August 05, 2020.
It was Kyamata village that was targeted. There, 3 civilians were killed, several others missing and property taken, local sources reported.
“There are three people who died , including two women and a man. These ADF rebels have kidnapped a lot of people. They also looted a lot of goats and other people's property, ”Richard Balengilyao, representative of the Nyali Tchabi community.
After this rebel attack in the area, a massive displacement of the local population to other areas is reported, says our source.
In recent months, this part of Ituri province bordering the neighboring province of North Kivu has been the target of numerous rebel incursions. Alleged ADF are the basis of several abuses in this area.

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