FARDC repulsed an alleged maimai attack in Mabasele district of North Kivu

 

Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) repulsed, during the night of Tuesday 08 to Wednesday 09 September 2020, a rebel attack attributed to the suspected Mai-Mai in the Mabasele district in Oïcha, capital of the territory of Beni in the province of North Kivu.

The information was confirmed this Wednesday, September 09, 2020, in the morning by the mayor of the commune of Oïcha, Nicolas Kikuku.

According to this official source, these assailants who wanted to attack the FARDC position in the Mabasele district in the part called Pumuziko were quickly brought under control.

“This morning, there is a lull in Mabasele after a restless night following the crackling of bullets. Our FARDC elements retaliated against a group of armed men who wanted to sabotage their position. The enemy did not receive any advance towards the civilians ”, declared the mayor of Oïcha, Nicolas Kikuku.

The same source informs that no damage was recorded.

ADF has again been pointed out in the yesterday's killings in Irumu

 

Three people, including two village chiefs and a woman were killed by machetes on Tuesday, September 8, 2020, in the village of Belu, located 12 kilometers south of Tchabi, in Irumu territory, in the province of Ituri. .

Sources in the region attribute this criminal act to the ADF and indicate that these rebels broke in during the day, around 12 noon local.

The youth president of the chiefdom of Banyali Tchabi who confirms this information specifies that the victims are in particular Bahati from the village of Banditeku and Likovi from the village of Bandimboma and his wife.

Consequently, all these two villages are emptied of their inhabitants. The latter, fearing for their safety, moved to Tchabi-center.

“In any case, the situation is not good in our chiefdom. The population continues to live without the military. We find that we are truly abandoned and neglected. We want the government to take responsibility for securing us, by sending us soldiers, because we are bothered by ADF rebels here at home, ”said Anayeyi Jacques.

It should be remembered that three other people were shot the day before, on Monday September 7, in the village of Tieti, in the Boyo group, in the same chiefdom. This brings to 6 the number of people killed in this customary entity in the space of two days.

Senator Francine Muyumbu wants Rwandan Ambassador Vicent Karega out of DRC

 

Senator Francine Muyumba rises her tone and demands ′′ the expulsion of Vincent Karega, ambassador of Rwanda to the DRC, and her replacement with another diplomat from her less arrogant and respectful of the Congolese nation

′′ The ambassador of Rwanda to the DRC has committed a serious mistake. This should be reported clearly by the Congolese authorities. If necessary, he should leave the national territory and replace with another diplomat from his less arrogant & respectful country of the Congolese nation is unworthy the chairman of the Senate's Committee on External Relations.

Since it's about him we're talking about, Vincent Karega had, on his Twitter account, said that ′′ talking about more than 1000 deaths in Kasika when only two names are mentioned, is just propaganda

He had thus reacted to the tweet of a Congolese who recalled the massacre of August 24, 1998, where thousands of Congolese civilians in the territory of Kasika in South Kivu were killed by troops from Kigali, according to the Mapping report of UN experts.

As a reminder, several citizen movements organized a sit-in last Friday at the Embassy of Rwanda in the DRC to demand his expelled before being scattered by the Police with tear gas.

A man alleged to be FDLR rebel has been caught in Goma

 A man armed with an AK 47 weapon was arrested by the security forces of the Mobile Intervention Group (GMI) on Tuesday, September 08, 2020, in the Mugunga district, Karisimbi commune, in the town of Goma, capital of North Kivu.

This man in his late thirties is identified as a suspected rebel of the Hutu Rwandan armed group of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), according to the mayor of the city, relayed by Brigitte Semivumbi, bourgmestre of the commune of Karisimbi.

According to our source, this man was apprehended in the morning by the GMI thanks to the alerts of the population. This “bandit” was then questioned by elements of the Congolese National Police.

“We believe he is an alleged FDLR rebel, but we cannot say for sure given that the investigations are ongoing. The GMI arrested him, the police officers questioned him and now he is being held in the jail of the investigative police, ”reports the burgomaster Brigitte Semivumbi Mbayiki.

When questioned by the press, the accused denied his involvement with rebel groups and claimed that he is a coal miner in the Virunga National Park.

As a reminder, in the space of a week 7 people were killed by firearms in the city of Goma. The last attack on the evening of Monday, September 07 in the Ndosho district left 4 dead including 2 FARDC soldiers and 1 police officer.

10 civilians killed by ADF in 3 days in Beni

Ugandan rebels from the Democratic and Allied Forces (ADF) have been perpetrators of several attacks in the space of three days; in the Banande-Kainama and Malambo groups, Beni territory in North Kivu. During these attacks, at least 10 civilians were killed by these rebels.

It is the Centre for Study for the Promotion of Peace, Democracy and Human Rights (CEPADHO); which delivers the news in its daily newsletter on the security situation in both the city and the territory of Beni.

According to this organization, some of the victims were killed on the day of September 04 and Saturday, September 05; in the villages Kakuka, Kafeza, Kitiba and Kingamuviri in Banande-Kainama Group.

′′ In addition to the looting and other damage deplored, at least 6 civilians were massacred and another 2 injured. Some civilians kidnapped in Ibanda / Semuliki were also reported on Friday. We learn that 4 of them would have been released by their executioners on Sunday, September 07; after being forced to serve as Carriers of the Attackers." .

The other 4 civilians, including a woman, were massacred by ADF; around 15 pm on Monday, September 07 at the Butau River north of Halungupa; in the Kilya Village in Malambo group. Victims would have been surprised by rebels in their fields, add the document.

′′ In this country, Wednesday, September 02th, 1 civilians had been killed by ADF in Tsotsora and 2 others seriously injured. Victims would have been embarrassed when their fields returned. The dead and one of the injured have been identified as residents of Nzenga, close to Mutwanga." says CEPADHO.

With the various massacres perpetrated last weekend and Monday; CEPADHO realizes that at least 70 civilians have been killed by ADF in the space of three weeks in Beni territory. This brings to 824, civilians massacred by ADF since the launch of large-scale operations against them by FARDC on October 30, 2019.

In this context, CEPADHO reminds us that the capacity of the ADF / MTM movement should not be minimized, which he believes is attached to terrorist groups in the Islamic State Daesh, Al Shebaab of Somalia, or Al Sunnah of Mozambique.

Armed men assimilated to the ADF (Allied Democratic Force) rebels stormed the region of Kilya, Halungupa village, in Ruwenzori sector, Beni territory in the north of North Kivu province, on Monday, September 07 2020.

 

According to the village chief Halungupa Aruni Alimasi who confirmed the news , the assailants made the rounds in the towns of Ngadu where they shot dead civilians before vanishing.

This authority draws up a provisional assessment of 6 people killed. Information also relayed by local civil society.

“There are currently 6 bodies of civilians killed. They were shot between Ngadu and the Butau river precisely in Kivauta. It is a provisional balance sheet, declared Mwisa Kalwana Sindani, to news outlets.

Our source also affirms that a psychosis reigns in the region on the morning of Tuesday. And several residents move to quiet villages.

The supplier of DRC voters cards to ADF rebels has been arrested in Beni

 

Mayor of the city of Beni, Muhindo Bakwanamaha Modeste assuring the interim, announced this Thursday, September 03, 2020 the arrest of the supplier of voter cards to ADF fighters in the Beni region.

"I am announcing to you today that the one who is the real supplier of voter cards to the ADF in Beni in order to move freely has been arrested. This person is from the region. The population is ashamed and cold to the heart. be the victim of some lost sons of the community, that must call out to us ", declared the number 1 of the city.

In the process, the mayor of the city reassured that several people who work with the enemy are already under arrest.

“These people will be presented in a public hearing in the coming days,” he concludes.

3ADF CAUGHT BY FARDC ON MBAU-KAMANGO ROAD

 

Clashes opposed elements of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo "FARDC" to ADF combatants on Wednesday, September 02, 2020 on the Mbau-Kamango road, in Beni territory in the province of North Kivu.

Lieutenant Anthony Mualushayi, spokesperson for the army in the Beni region, takes stock of 3 ADF combatants killed and two AK-47 weapons recovered, during these fights which took place at kilometer points 17 and 18.

"We imposed our professionalism on the rebels on the evening of last Wednesday. They wanted to attack our positions on the spot. Alas! Our elements were vigilant, they retaliated against the threat," he said.

He specifies that an element of the regular army which was wounded, continues the medical care.

 

The same source underlines that the situation is under the control of the FARDC which continues the operations of the searches.

Noble Peace prize winner Denis Mukwege clearly says that his executioner's are hidden in DRC army and institutions

 Speaking by videoconference from Bukavu, South Kivu, during a session of the Committee on Human Rights of the European Parliament, Dr Denis Mukwege explains why violence continues in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. For this Nobel Peace Prize, ′′ it's because yesterday's executioners still hide in the army and institutions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the countries of the region ".

Hence Denis Mukwege's call for the creation of an International Criminal Tribunal ′′ that can judge, not only the crimes of both wars, but that his mandate extends so far ". ′′ The lack of political will and realpolitik have too long awarded over need and thirst for justice and truth. It is in this context that the massacres continue. This situation that shame our common humanity cannot last anymore ", said the head of Panzi hospital.

Before the European Parliament, Denis Mukwege tones against the lack of justice for crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo. And despite the death threats he's been a victim of for some time, he's far from discouraged and doesn't remove it. ′′ Without judging past crimes, human rights violations will continue to multiply in my country ", says Denis Mukwege while emphasizing the gravity of the human rights situation.

Dr Denis Mukwege refers to the figures of the latest report published by the United Nations Office for Human Rights on the first six months of the year. ′′ On average, eight civilians are killed every day in conflict, it's huge. And often, women and children are the main victims. Day after day, month after month, year after year, new human rights violations are documented, reported and analyzed ".

However, Denis Mukwege commends Félix Tshisekedi's initiative, which he describes as ′′ politician unrelated to past crimes ", for having opted for the establishment of a transitional justice mechanism. But early August, the Head of State complained about the little progress on this project under study at the government level, he says.

Dr Denis Mukwege, is the target of new death threats for denouncing the pursuit of the massacres in eastern Congo. The Nobel Peace Prize has mainly called for the establishment of an International Criminal Tribunal to prosecute all crimes that have gone unpunished for over twenty years.

Dr Denis Mukwege has been bullied and death threats. The General Manager of the Panzi hospital escaped an assassination attempt in October 2012, in the center of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu. The keeper of his house had been shot at point blank blank. He knew himself in danger. He had been repeatedly threatened by armed groups for reporting rapes and other forms of sexual violence for which they are responsible, according to Amnesty International.

Colonel Michel Rukunda Makanika deserter of FARDC who commandes the Rwandophone Gomino coalition and allies captured Minembwe lastnight

 

Colonel Michel Rukunda Makanika a Rwandan subject who had infiltrated the Congolese army until recently when this colonel decided to desert FARDC, to strengthen his Rwandan brothers in the hills of Minembwe, he surprised the Congolese army tonight at 00 h local time of Minembwe, he picked up the rural municipality of Minembwe.

We expect a violent clash this morning between FARDC and the Rwandophone coalition led by this Rwandan colonel Michel Rukunda Makanika who was a colonel in FARDC, for the recovery of this commune. The risk is very high to abandon this part of the territory in the hands of Colonel Michel Rukunda Makanika, including Major Etula Delphin who stayed in the Congolese army like a Rwandan spy in this Congolese army, he is a T2 within the Congolese army, he is in charge of military intelligence in the operational zone, he is the eye of the Demiap in the operational sector. Major Etula Delphin is the T2 of the Uvira operational sector but in the Congolese army.

there have been several arrests of Congolese soldiers in the fardc who worked with this Rwandan Colonel Michel Rukunda Makanika this last time, oddly all these military collabos, have never been transferred neither to Bukavu, less yet to Kinshasa so they can suffer the rigour of the law. Among the moles that had been arrested in the army, Major Elimo was second commander of Battalion 3304, he was arrested in flagrantance, he had a lot of money and several materials recruiting FARDC soldiers who could join and strengthen Colonel Michel Rukunda Makanika this Rwandan deser who was in our army and who has just captured the rural commune of Minembwe tonight at 00 pm local time.

Major Elimo was not alone, he had been surprised in his package with his wife who is the little sister of Lieutenant-General Fall Sikabwe Asinda recently nominated by President Félix Tshilombo as the new Chief of Staff of the Land Force of the Democratic Republic of Congo, General Fall Sikabwe has involved himself to get the liberation of his brother-in-law Major Elimo who is charged with serious facts ′′ recruitment on behalf of the enemy ′′

How can we win the war from the moment the enemy to defeat is also the army, the enemies are among us. Dr. Denis Mukwege was right to denounce this deadly complicity within the army.

Major Delphin Etula is close to General Rugay and General Mundos, that's why this quarantine from the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo will never know peace, a multidimensional situation is powered by bad faith and complicity of Congolese policies themselves .......

The situation in the East is a tragedy maintained by all Congolese politicians, but everyone at their own level.

Haven't we reached the point where we have to take the risk of breaking the house and starting again because the Congolese continue to be massacred for free by those supposed to protect them?

Unfortunately, they are in the army, and they hold the command posts in the same Congolese army, they have all been appointed on last nominations.

The republic of comrades is that of the accomplices.

′′ A people who elect corrupt, renegade, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims! He is an accomplice ′′ George Orwell

The Congolese army must be reformed, before the virus in its breast starts its cannibalism, no one will be spared.