Three ADF rebels killed

 

Three ADF rebels lost their lives on the night of Tuesday 15 to Wednesday 16 December 2020 in Beni territory in North Kivu. The announcement comes from the spokesperson of the FARDC in the operational sector Sokola 1.

Lieutenant Antony Mwalushayi explains that it was a military patrol team that came into contact with the enemy near the Semuliki and Taliya rivers, on the southern operational axis. The military spokesman also claims that 2 weapons that were recovered by the armed forces.

"3 terrorists fell on fire from the FARDC. During their combat patrol operations on the night of December 15 to 16, the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo neutralized 3 ADF / MTM terrorists and recovered 2 weapons of war type AK47, "he wrote.

Despite rebel reprisals, Antony Mwalushayi continues to reassure the determination of the FARDC to secure the region.

Last weekend, around ten civilians were killed in Nzenga, in the same territory of Beni.

To challenge the Congolese leaders and to sympathize with the families of the victims of these atrocities, the living forces decreed Tuesday December 15 and Wednesday December 16, days of mourning throughout the area of Rwenzori

three congolese soldier die in an ambush in virunga national park

 At least 3 soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) were killed in an ambush by unidentified rebels in the heart of Virunga National Park, near Kibumba in the territory of Nyiragongo on Monday, November 23, 2020 .

The information was confirmed  by Major Guillaume Ndjike Kaïko, spokesperson for the Sokola 2 North Kivu operational sector.

“It was a patrol of our elements. Attackers from Rugari looted 12 cows from the population. So our elements tried to pursue these rebels who fled into the Virunga Park and that is where they were ambushed. We lost 3 items, and still got a cow. As I speak to you, we are continuing the search to recover all the other cows, ”he said.

Local civil society is outraged by the persistence of rebel groups in this region despite ongoing military operations. She suspects the Hutu Rwandan rebels of the FDLR as perpetrators of this attack

  Eighteen (18) people died in a new attack attributed to rebels of Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in the town of Baeti, nearly 20 kilometers west of Oïcha, capital of Beni -territoire (North Kivu), on the evening of Wednesday, October 28, 2020. Civil society in Mamove which delivers the information, explains however that this assessment is still provisional. It indicates that besides the dead, many houses including churches were set on fire by the attackers. “There was an attack around 7pm (Wednesday). Our sources speak of 18 people killed. We are waiting for the end of the research to have a final assessment, ”said Kinos Katuo, president of said civil society. This attack is the nth to be recorded in the entity. In eastern DRC, more than 3,000 people have already died in carnage attributed to the ADF since 2014, according to several reports from citizen organizations in the region.

Part of the mapping report

 During the attack, AFDL / APR soldiers indiscriminately fired at the FAZ, ex-FAR / Interahamwe and refugees. 22 Nov 1996, AFDL / APR killed several hundred refugees in Chimanga camp, Bukavu, after rounding up the victims. mapping report

 Kenya Air Force receives third and last Spartan cargo plane 29 10, 2020 The last Spartan cargo plane ordered by the Kenya Air Force from Leonardo has just been delivered to Kenya, after being requisitioned for long months in Italy. It will strengthen the airborne capabilities of the Kenyan forces engaged in the face of Al-Shabaab.

 Russian BRDM armored vehicles are already out of service 29 10, 2020 BRDM-2 armored vehicles have been armoured tanks delivered by Moscow to the Central African Armed Forces. © Presidency of the Central African Republic Two of the ten refurbished BRDM-2 armored vehicles delivered by Moscow to the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) on October 15 are already at a technical standstill.

 The United States of America and the Democratic Republic of the Congo signed this Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at the Palais de la Nation in Kinshasa, a memorandum of understanding for American-Congolese military cooperation. According to the US Ambassador to the DRC, Mike Hammer, the realization of this memorandum of understanding is largely due to the commitment of President Tshisekedi and his administration to fight against human trafficking and hold them to account. for any abuse. "By signing this protocol, the United States responds to the will of President Tshisekedi and Minister of National Defense Mukena to meet the demands of a modern army and help the FARDC to professionalize and improve the quality of life of their soldiers, ”said Mike Hammer. This memorandum of understanding, signed by the American ambassador accredited to the DRC and the Minister of National Defense, in the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Interior Gilbert Kandonde who represented the Head of State, is based on 4 pillars (areas) namely: - Civil-military cooperation; - Strategic communications; - Technical support for construction; - And support for learning English. In the 4 aforementioned areas, the country of Donald Trump will help the FARDC to achieve their objectives of improving communication with the civilian population, emphasizing human rights and continuing to professionalize its force, in particular through to English-language programs that "will open even more avenues for military training." According to Mike Hammer, with this Memorandum of Understanding, the United States of America shows its commitment to work with the DRC for the improvement of the armed forces of two countries and the continued growth of relations between the USA and the DRC .

Wife of ADF leader Moussa baluku has been captured

 DRC Armed Forces ambushed the ADF rebels during the night of Wednesday 22 to Thursday 23 October 2020 near Kainama, capital of the Banande-Kainama group, in the territory of Beni in the province of North Kivu. . According to the military spokesman for operations Sokola 1 in Beni, the attack took place in the region of Misingo where the enemy wanted to cross. " I confirm that. Our FARDC elements arrested the wife of ADF leader Moussa Baluku. She was at the head of a group that wanted to cross and that was spotted by our elements, ”Lieutenant Antony Mualushayi said on Friday. He adds that during this ambush "9 rebels were killed, 6 wounded, 98 ammunition recovered, 5 rebels captured and 2 wounded on the civilian side".

president Tshisekede vows to crush down all politicians lubricating the rebel activities in eastern DRC

 President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo says he is informed that certain politicians are sponsors of the destabilization of the eastern part of the country where populations are regularly massacred by armed groups. In a press conference held this Thursday, October 08, 2020 in Goma, Félix Tshisekedi promised "immediate prosecution" against these politicians without taking into account their immunities. "Among the politicians, there are those who are pulling the strings and I had the opportunity to tell them yesterday, a bit on the tone of the threat by promising them immediate prosecution without taking into account their immunities respective ones, because quite simply we have information according to which they too are pulling the strings ”, he declared. The Congolese president also affirms that on the other hand, insecurity in the east of the country is also born from land conflicts between customary chiefs. This is how he said that there are "several crises in this crisis of insecurity". Hence the urgency to work very closely to put an end to it. As a reminder, Félix Tshisekedi announced that he would be settling in Goma in the coming weeks to “really feel the problems of the eastern part of the country”

Another privacy issue with Telecommunication networking here in Uganda

 You recently heard of a saga in MTN and AIRTEL mobile money transactions where it is said that money was fraudulently withdrawn.As I have always written,there are many ambiguities within the activities of most telecommunication companies' activities here in Uganda.

Nearly all these telecommunication companies give out IMSI to other people if we or customers spend sometime without using them.I am very sure of this,Airtel and MTN do this.I have always asked myself these questions! How long does it take for a legally registered phone number that is not being used(some reasons may force a mobile network subscriber to drop down his phone number,for example if he has travelled away from home to another country,or if he does it for security reasons) to be given to another subscriber??Is it lawfull for telecommunication companies to give out these numbers to other people when the first one had legally registered them?Are telecommunication companies not supported to first notify the original owner( the first person to register the number?.You remember the issue of some other numbers that were cut off network,these numbers have also been seemingly given to other people.

There are some privacy and security issues these telecommunication companies should be careful of. Some of these numbers were used to register social media accounts of the first owners and some of them still use them as login IDs yet they do not know that they numbers are already registered and owned by other people.This affects both Facebook,Twitter,Instagram,...etc.It means that if the one currently having the number discovers that the number he owns had social media accounts on which it's registered, then he can easily take over the accounts.To the security part of it,it very dangerous to give or register such numbers to other people,some people may have committed crimes and dropped their phone numbers,some can take years under investigation,and if a telecommunication company issues such a number to an innocent and the investigation gets him because of phone number, can't the telecommunication company be liable to answer for all this ambiguity?

There is also another issue with Facebook accounts,how long does it take for a phone number registered as a login ID to be deleted? It is shocking that ,in respect to the issue I presented above,even those numbers given to other people yet Registered on social media of the first owners,even if the first owners tries to delete it off,it seemingly shows it is deleted but still it continues being used as a login ID.I started developing the suspicion when I heard of "GHETTO TV" having be hacked and the blame was being put on the gorvenment.The reality is that GHETTO TV may have thought that it deleted one of it's admins yet this admin would have held a phone number used to create this page at the first time or the email associated with that GHETTO TV page.He may have used the same phone number to take over the page.Thus it is clear that the gorvenment was not involved.Now my Question goes to the overall manager of Facebook database to get a look into this issue and fix it fast.I also call upon all telecommunication companies to stop giving out legally registered phone numbers to other people,because it exposes the original owner to danger of data intrusion and general privacy concerns.To the police,and other crime investigative departments plus other intelligence bodies,it should be noted that such scenerio is not good.A criminal may have dropped the number because of crimes,thus telecommunication companies should be compelled to give warning when the want to give out numbers to other people,besides I do not see why a number legally registered should be given to another person.

Lastly and not the least,I call upon UCC to exercise it's duties and save innocent Ugandans,I think you have heard of alot of scenerios of data leakages in the world that had significant impact on businesses,health facilities, security agencies.. etc.Let some of these issues you call small issues not escalate into bigger issues.Fore warned Fore armed!