Burundi ready to operate along side DRC to fight M23

 

Fierce fighting between AlShabaab fighters & Somalia govtforces backed by clan militias erupts near Wisil town in Mudug region

 Fierce fighting between  AlShabaab fighters & Somalia govtforces backed by clan militias erupts near Wisil town in Mudug region. Alshabaab claimed to have killed 58 SNA/pro-govt clan militias. Col. Alinasir Abdi (Pictured below) who was leading the SNA forces was among those killed.

In these Deadly clashes between Alshabaab militants and SNA forces reported near Wisil town, Wednesday morning, Alshabaab claimed killing 27 soldiers in the counter-offensive while Somali govt claims killing of number of militants.

Earlier on ,just in the  outskirts of capital city of Moqadishu, alshabaab held a conference to celebrate the selection of a pro-Alshabaab  clan elder. High ranking Alshabaab officials attended, including Muse Abdi Caraale, head of "Wilayah Banaadir" (Moqadishu).

A large part of the territory of masisi is under fire after the resumption early morning Offensives by M23

 

By 7:45 a.m today., a large part of the territory of masisi is under fire after the resumption early morning Offensives by M23.

. Intelligence sources from the frontline indicate that this morning clashes between self-defense youth and the rebels of M23 in the villages of Rebero, Katovu, near Kilolirwe, Nturo, Burungu and Rugetsi.

My confidants from the battle field still say that "Since 4 a.m. this Wednesday, the hills around the town of Kilolirwe including Burungu, rebero, Nturo, Braza, have been under fire. The rebels are seeking to preoccupy the areas where they were dislodged last Sunday by the Wazalendo "The resistance fighters want to keep the rebels away to open the Sake Kitshanga road and allow vehicle traffic to the north of the province," explains a local executive/leaders

in the area.As I talk fighting is still going on and many inside M23 say they will fight tooth and nail to retake their position and save the population.

Rushebeshe is under the control of the young patriots "Wazalendo". "The rebels of M23 under strong pressure, were forced to abandon several hills and retreat to the rear positions" as in the video above.

The strategic hill of Ndalinga overlooking the locality of Burungu already under Wazalendo control

Lushebeshe fully under the control of the wazalendo. Fighting is ongoing, according to several sources. However sources from M23 command at the frontline say it was a tactical withdrawal and are ready to fight back.

At around 12:00 p.m., the rebels tried to open another front north of the city of Goma to disorient the Self-Defense Forces in a tough fight in MASISI territory. "The young resistance fighters have just opened fire on the M23 rebels in the locality of KIZIMBA in Nyiragongo territory north of Goma when the rebels tried to attack first.There were harsh clashes  in Nyamagori, Nyamigabe and Honero more or less 8km from the city of Kitchanga", explains a local source.

Several M23 corpses lie on the ground in Burungu. My confidant on the battle field sarcastically has told me"comrade if you have your traitor brother in M23 try to contact him if he is still alive. It's merciless on the ground"

Thousands of civilians have fled to take refuge in nearby localities.

FARDC has produced an official document report on Clash this Wednesday between the rebels of M23 and an unidentified armed group in the localities surrounding kilorirwe"the FARDC informs that they are not directly or remotely concerned, because they continue to observe the ceasefire as required by the agreements of the Heads of State of the Sub-Region”.

National Intelligence and Security Agency has apprehended Sufyan Sheikh Ahmed for inciting hateful speech and spreading extremist ideology to support terrorists.

The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) has apprehended Sufyan Sheikh Ahmed for inciting hateful speech and spreading extremist ideology to support terrorists. Somali Information Minister said that the extradition of Sufyan Sh. Ahmed from Nairobi to Mogadishu highlights the importance of regional security cooperation. He has been inciting hateful speech and spreading extremist ideology to support terrorists recently.

Alshabaab lays another incursion

 

News from the frontline indicate that this evening Alshabaab unit crossed Eastern Shabeelle River outskirts of Jalalaqsi and fortified afcad village. This incursion is the second one in 30 days.Around September 19th a contingent of AlShaaba fighters between 200 - 300  held ground for more than 2 weeks after their  incursion of Eastern shabele River outskirts of  Mahaday but recently the Somalia Gorvenment sent thousands of its soldiers and the "commander of ground forces" just to deal with 300 Alshaabab fighters fortified outskirts of Mahaday. This is another critical point for somali govrnment before they were struggling Alshabaab strikes, and now it's how they are ready to break Alshaabaab defence lines. 

Intelligence reveals that Somali National Army is struggling to push back the first incursion of today in Cidcidka as shown in the photos below.

 OSINT and other anti terrorism experts anticipate that the third possible incursion will be somewhere ,may be Jowhar and balcad.

DRC people table Complaints against Uganda accussing the Ugandan gorvenment of erecting new border pillars on DRC land

 Patrick Muyaya had this to say on the above border shifting!

“This is an issue that we are following closely at government level. I believe that the Minister of Foreign Affairs is using the appropriate diplomatic channels to resolve this issue. There is no question that the perimeters of the border markers, established for a long time, will be modified” “I cannot provide further details at this time as this is an issue closely monitored by the Department of Foreign Affairs. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense and Veterans, Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, also refers to the Minister of Foreign Affairs for information on this subject. We will be able to provide you with an answer soon, as I know there are many concerns about this issue”

Terrorism Incident in Ankara Turkey,asTerrorists in Somalia fired mortars targeting Turkish Military Camp in Mogadishu Somalia. ,

Terrorists in Somalia fired mortars targeting Turkish Military Camp in Mogadishu Somalia.

No BDA 

Al-Shabāab al-Mujāhideen claimed the attack.

2 terrorists attacked the General Directorate of Security in Turkish capital of Ankara

Suicide bomber blew himself up & subsequently destroyed the frontage of the building & gunman killed 

Both killed but perpetrator group unknown so far.

The analysis from what Locals say on the claimed shifting of border pillars from Mungo up to Binza by Uganda?Is Uganda trying to steal DRc's land?

 The Territory of Rutshuru in the east of the DRC bordering Uganda and Rwanda, has not only experienced the problem of insecurity since the advent of the M23 rebellion, but also the poverty of the population has increased. , to the point where the latter, who lives mainly on the border with Uganda, finds herself obliged to flee the area in order to find refuge elsewhere. Violations for decades The groups of Busanza, Binza and part of Jomba in the chiefdom of Bwisha in Rutshuru, are three direct neighbors of Uganda. Known as an agricultural region, the group of Busanza is currently emptied of its population following the insecurity, the beginning of which was marked by the massacre of Rugarama/Mugogo on November 18, 1996, where between 3000 and 3285 people were brutally killed during the AFDL. These people had been killed according to certain theories, on the grounds that the foreign elements who were part of this rebellion were avenging the death of one of theirs, who responded to the name of NSUMBABURANGA, then manager of a plantation in this region. Wars followed one another, from that time, until the rebirth of the M23 towards the end of 2021. Since the horrors and killings, this group had experienced an absence of authority, thus giving rise to a jungle and this, in a continental country like the Democratic Republic of Congo. A few days ago, the problems of demarcating the borders between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda resurfaced and several politicians, each as far as they are concerned, showed themselves to be concerned to the point of taking this concern head on. The Minister of Foreign Affairs Christophe LUTUNDULA was even called to the National Assembly to provide clarification on this issue.

A year before the rebirth of the M23 bis rebellion, during the lifetime of Mwami Bahizi of Busanza (deceased), Uganda had extended its limits by entering the DRC over a distance of 64m , near the Catholic priests' hotel at the Kitagoma border post on the one hand and on the other hand, the DRC had pushed its border up to 14m towards the office of the General Directorate of Migration at the Kitagoma border post. The population, through the president of civil society of Kitagoma Mr. TWISENGE, will raise alerts, until the Ugandan Ministers of Foreign Affairs and that of the Interior will come with their GPS to correct the place where the DRC had already rushed into Uganda. When the Congolese border population asked these Ugandan officials to correct where Uganda had violated Congolese space, this delegation replied that it was not their task to do so, but rather to Congolese ministers. Until now, Uganda is keeping 64m of Congolese land at Kitagoma, local sources say. Barter of fields and plots between Congolese and Ugandans Since the insecurity, there has been a continual movement of populations from the Busanza group towards Uganda. For a Congolese who wishes to buy a plot in Uganda,(On this issue of Congolese buying Ugandan,the DRC Gorvenment should notice that the regular insecurity in Rutshuru has forced many Congolese national to buy plots of land all over south western Uganda,as I write this there are a lot of Congolese who have built houses in the villages of Bunagana town council, nyarubuye sub county, Rukundo town council,kisoro municipality,nyarusiza and Muramba sub county and some are ready to apply for Uganda citizenship) in the negotiations between buyer and seller , Ugandans who want to have land to cultivate demand fields in exchange for their plots. This policy allowed many Ugandans to have land in the DRC. Today, there are more than 14 hectares of Congolese fields which already belong to Ugandans in the villages of Nyamagana, Mungo, Musezero, Rubara in the sub-villages of Busaki, Kihondo and Bushiha, they (Uganda) had received them from Congolese citizens refugees themselves, without the customary and administrative authorities of the Busanza group being officially notified. The violation of the Congolese border by neighboring Uganda by the movement of the Kibaya boundary markers which is a vast area of ​​which a large part is Congolese and a small part is Ugandan. The populations of the locality of Mungo regularly exceed the Congolese limits by going to cut firewood and eucalyptus even in the space that the Ugandans have deemed to belong to them for several years. Since the rebirth of the M23 rebellion, Uganda will say that the DRC has already exceeded its limits to the point of entering Ugandan space in the locality of Mungo, a part of the DRC at the level of Kibaya, a part which touches towards Ngororero, advances and touches Bunagana, in the jomba group. “The Ugandans came, visibly showing the desire to correct the border until entering Kibaya, part of the DRC around 74m. It should be noted that until now, Uganda has not yet set the limits,” explain local sources .According to several observers, the Ugandans are psychologically preparing the Congolese for the correction which aims to bring the 74m back to their territory. 3km from the current border Regarding the 3 kilometers which have been the subject of debate for several days, our sources estimate that if Uganda wants to make a straight line to straighten this limit from Kibaya, it could go up to around 500m from the Rubavu health center. the locality of Mungo in the Busanza group, and from there,Uganda will have already exceeded between 2 to 3 kilometers. Kibaya is shared between Uganda and the DRC. The DRC owns a large part, estimated at more than 14 hectares. The Government of Kinshasa which, a year before the start of the M23 war, had been active in recovering 64m of overflow from Uganda to Congo, will be able to does it solve the Mungo problem at a time when these areas are inaccessible to the armed forces of the DRC? Why did Uganda want to correct its borders now that the M23 reigns supreme in the area? These are questions that the populations and several Congolese analysts are asking themselves regarding this issue which affects the integrity of the national territory. A few months before the elections, this question risks affecting the national debate across the entire national territory.

A Mombasa-based businessman who had been charged with supplying arms to al Shabaab terror group has been 'captured' in Somalia.

 

The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) of Somalia claimed Friday it apprehended a key figure over the supply of arms to al Shabaab militants.

The businessman is allegedly known for his involvement in sourcing weaponry and explosives for the insurgent factions in Somalia.

There were conflicting reports on how he ended up in the hands of Somalia authorities.

While some sources said he was arrested after jumping bail in Kenya and trying to escape through the border, others said he was deported to Mogadishu.

This is after the family claimed that he was arrested on September 5 by individuals claiming to be police officers from the Anti-Terror Police Unit (ATPU).

He has not been seen since.

In Somalia, NISA said the capture occurred just as he was preparing to disappear into the hideouts of these factions within Somalia.

"A 28-year-old Somali has been under surveillance by NISA for some time, and finally, NISA successfully apprehended him just as he was preparing to disappear and seek out the elusive hideouts of the Khawarij factions within Somalia," they said in a statement.

"He was the mastermind behind a network involved in the illicit procurement of a military container from abroad. NISA successfully intercepted these shipments at the port and airport of Mogadishu in May this year."

The statement added he would soon be handed over to the judiciary to be charged with his crimes.

However, Kenyan security officials said they had no comment to make.

The suspect had been charged in Shanzu court in Mombasa with illegally shipping military equipment and explosives to the al Shabaab terror group in Somalia and released on a Sh1 million bond.

He was charged with buying the military equipment on behalf of the al Shabaab and shipping them in three containers to Mogadishu.

One of the containers was recovered while the whereabouts of the other two are unknown.

The suspect was released from custody in June 2023 after spending over one month in police custody as investigators probed his role in the shipment of military equipment to Somalia.

The case before Senior Shanzu Principal Magistrate Yusuf Shikanda has the suspect facing several charges under the Prevention of Terrorism Act including belonging to a terrorist group and providing property for the commission of terrorist acts.

He was arrested in April 2023 at the Mama Ngina Water Front on suspicion that he had purchased and shipped military equipment and explosives to Somalia for the terrorist group.

In an affidavit sworn by the investigating officer, Corporal Gideon Wambua, he is accused of buying an assortment of equipment that he shipped to Mogadishu.

The shipment is said to have originated from China where he is believed to have spent his schooling years.

Three containers were shipped to Mogadishu and one of them was intercepted at the port of entry disguised as normal goods.

A closer inspection of the shipment however revealed an assortment of military equipment.

They included five high-spec drones capable of carrying 10 litres of liquid at a height of 500 metres above sea level, rifle scopes, material rolls for making military uniforms, 3000 metres of canvas for making tents, portable and foldable solar panes, military-grade walkie-talkies and camouflage suits.

The shipment also contained 18 pieces each of night vision goggles voice recording pens, spy watches, spy glasses, swimming goggles, 20 flashlights and batteries and military-grade helmets.

Investigators were probing his activities, especially in light of what they say is evidence received in April-May that he was offering logistical support to al Shabaab in Somalia.

Detectives were also investigating his phone record, M-Pesa and bank transactions as they sought to unravel the mystery of the Kenyan allegedly supporting al Shabaab and the whereabouts of the other two containers he is believed to have shipped to Somalia.

The developments were described as a breakthrough in efforts to contain the terror activities in the region at large.

United Nations organization denounces the M23's illegal road blocks in Masisi

 

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“The M23 rebels have erected illegal barriers on the axis Kirolwe - Kitshanga -mweso in Masisi territory in the province of North Kivu. This situation directly affects the local population,” indicated the organization . The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

UNOCHA

made this alert last Wednesday in its newsletter.