Major General Chiko Tshitambwe takes over office as the head of military ooerations in North kivu.

 

North Kivu has a new head of military operations. Major General Chicko Tshitambwe was named head of military operations in the war-torn North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, according to an official message from army chief of staff General Christian Tshiwewe. General Tshitambwe replaces General Fall Sikabwe in this position.Circles around the army whisper that one of his first major operation will start around Rwindi with the overall aim of putting pressure on on Jomba/Bunagana.He is a known no nonsense military who has had unreputable results in operations he has carried on.Within FARDC ,he is also well known to be stingy when it comes to discipline in operations.

The overall Front situation as of today! Wazalendo vs the lions of sarambwe

From the frontline,As I write this ,now,there is Ongoing fighting between M23RDF and Wazalendo on the Kibumba axis in Nyiragongo territory,we will get more details as it goes on!

According to reports from civilians,The Rwandan Army is strengthening its presence “all along the border” with the DRC, warns Mambo Kawaya, member of Civil Society in North Kivu. “It is an Army which is preparing to make an incursion into Congolese territory. We even saw some white mercenaries accompanying the Rwandan soldiers »

Situation at 6:57 p.m. 🔥 Relative calm was observed in the morning of this Tuesday, February 20, 2024 in Sake and its surroundings in the Kamuronza group in Masisi territory. This the day after an exchange of fire between M23 rebels and Wazalendo resistance fighters in Lutobogo. One of our sources indicates that the M23 rebels overflowed via Lutobogo until they found themselves at the Kihira bridge before being chased there by the Wazalendo elements to the depths of this village of the Mupfuni Shanga grouping on the Sake road -Mushaki. It is in this context that a civilian was killed and 4 others injured near the place commonly called CADA, in the Kaduki district, by a bomb dropped by the M23 rebels from Kiuli hill the same Monday. These bombs dropped indiscriminately on civilian homes by the M23 are the main reason which prevents almost the entire population of Sake from moving to the sites of Nzulo, Mugunga, and to host families. Others fear probable fighting which could resume between the FARDC and the M23 rebels. Reinforcement of military personnel of the Rwandan army around the border of the DRC, layers of civil society in the provinces say they fear a plan of invasion of the national territory.

 Thousands of Rwandan RDF Soldiers were killed yesterday morning in chumirwa axis kako - Ntamugenga in the ambush of the wazalendo Resistance. An element of the Rwandan Army (RDF) captured by the Security Services, revealed Several Secrets or Diabolical Plans of the Rwandan President, the Bloodthirsty Criminal Paul_KAGAME. 👉 According to this RDF soldier

(Photo ), "Rwanda is preparing to carry out an assault on several towns in the EAST of the DRC such as GOMA, BUKAVU, FIZI and UVIRA. In the offensive that it intends to carry out , Bombings of several corners of cities are targeted such as Ports, Borders, Churches, Military Camps etc. "...he confirmed. “Rwandan President KAGAME wants to write an unforgettable history in DRC before being chased from power,” he added.  "There is a very dangerous decision taken in Rwanda against the DRC and you will see it soon", he concluded. 

Parents of young Tutsi are taking their lives ,the unfortunate way referred to as" KWIYAHURA" in their Local language,last weekend a father identified as Nkangara ,committed suicide by drinking drugs meant to treat cows after hearing that his son Ruziga had perished on the front.Reports from villages in Rutshuru indicate that many parents are about take on nkagara's way because their children have died and many are missing.Today ,I in an undercover manner managed to interview a parent on phone who revealed to me that he was worth not living because 3 of his sons perished in the sake tragedy!He lamented, "NTAWE UDASHAKA IKI GIHUGU ARIKO MUBYUKURI,MFURA NZIMA WEEEEEE,TURASHIZEEEEEEE"......

 

M23 -wazalendo clashes resume this tuesday,around Bweramana!

 Start of clashes this Tuesday, February 20 around Bweremana. New fighting was reported this Tuesday between M23 rebels and Wazalendo resistance fighters around Bweremana, capital of the Bahunde chiefdom in Masisi territory in the North Kivu province. According to local sources, the fighting was started at 7 a.m. local time by the M23 and is concentrated on the hills of Ndumba near Nyamubingwa (±3km from Bweremana) and Kashungamutwe near Kabase (±7km).

Photos of the conflict in North kivu

 

INTERNAL STRIFE WITH THE RANKS OF M23: AS TWO M23 UNITS CLASS IN MUBUGU

This Sunday,Kiringa came under the control of the FARDC. 27 dead bodies of Rwandan soldiers abandoned by the M23 .The FARDC continues to put pressure around Mweso.

In the city of Saké, Kamuronza grouping, the FARDC and wazalendo continue to strengthen their presence in the surrounding area after the failed attempt by the M23RDF rebels to seize this crossroads city located 27km from the city of Goma. Several sources confirm that the M23 rebels and their allies were pushed back to Ngumba on the Sake-Kirotshe axis ±4km, to Lushangi on the Sake-Mushaki axis ±5km, towards Mianzi-Kimoka ±2km, and Kiuli behind the antennas ±4km where clashes were reported yesterday afternoon. The military governor of North Kivu, Major General Peter Cirimwami, visited the city yesterday to assess the progress of the forces on the ground and to galvanize the troops. Thus, the dreams of taking the city of Saké are dying little by little for the rebels thanks to the determination of the FARDC, supported by the Wazalendo whom several young people from the city of Saké and the city of Goma joined in such a short time. in order to defend their Lands.

On 16/02/2024,there was an intense fighting in katsiru where one colonel in name of Kanyesuku Jack was neutralised,there is a claim that Kanyesuku Jack was an m23 member from the RDF.

In the same night, M23 rebels and their RDF allies tried again to open another front on the MWESO-PINGA axis in order to bypass the Wazalendo lines in the MBUHI village located 3 km from the Center of Mweso. But the Wazalendo Resistants stopped them in their tracks and managed to push them back to BUSHENGE. 

GORVENMENT IS RUMOURED TO HAVE ARRESTED ALL COLLABORATORS OF M23 LAST NIGHT:

The Gorvenment started with the arrest of the two provincial heads of ANR(domestic intelligence) and the spokesperson for the military governor .Last night there was a crackdown in the major cities to flash out all the collaborators of the enemies.This is a serious time for arrests last night in Goma, Bukavu, Kinshasa and Kasaï, Bandundu and Lubumbashi. many military officers and businessmen as well as a handful of Congolese politicians suspected of being in collusion with the enemies, participation in an insurrectional movement of the M23/RDF. complicity with Corneille naanga. NB: they have been under remote surveillance for several months and it is time to verify and certify information. 

M23 MOVEMENT FACING INTERNAL WRANGLE

There is increasing Discomfort within the ranks of M23, Soldiers, civilians, financiers and other relatives are abandoning the movement. According to several sources close to the M23, a real discontent is happening in the movement from the command to the troops.There was a reported clash between two units of the M23 at Mubugu in kitchanga and several m23 rebels from these two opposing units were reportedly dead.

DRC army captures Kambale Matabishi,a leader of a militia allied to the ADF in Mambasa.

  

The news was reported to the press by the Sokola I operational sector in Greater North Kivu through its spokesperson in the Beni territory, this Friday, February 16, 2024. This rebel leader was captured west of Biakato, in the Babila-Babombi chiefdom, on Thursday, February 15, indicates Captain Anthony Mualushayi. "It was in a special operation carried out by the FARDC in collaboration with certain peace-loving compatriots. Kambale Matabishi had taken command of this auxiliary movement of Islamist terrorists MTM/ISCAP since the arrest in Butembo of its leader Jean-Baptiste Kyandenga, September 18, 2022,” reports to the press.

FARDC seeks for more miltary air crafts!

 THE FARDC has made requisitions for the purchase of more aircrafts!

The DRC has sought to purchase 4 new SUKHOI-su 45SM BLUE type fighter planes, 2 of which arrived last night at N'djili airport.

Elites in Kinshasha fighting tooth and nail to see the expulsion of Uganda's ambassador!

 There has been strife and anger within the elites all over DRC who still maintain that UPDF is covertly supporting m23.With various youth organisation totally in belief that Uganda supports M23,According to information collected from various sources,

too much pressure is being mounted on the political class in Kinshasha to cut diplomatic relations with Kampala.There a Variety of un verified pictures that have been circulating claiming that it was UPDF killed in Rutshuru

and pictures of vehicle carrying armed men whom they claim have  constantly been using kitagoma border point to enter Rutshuru ,this is the picture which UPDF categorically verified was a picture that was taken when UPDF  was  entering,as it was participating in The EACF deployed in north kivu.Kitagoma border is in busanza ,kisoro district.The recent letter written yesterday by the UPDF spokes person has raised more anger,with accusations that Felix Kulaigye would not have  illtalked about FARDC and the much loved and respected  Jules Mulumba,the spokesman of Wazalendo.They claim that ,the words in the letter vividly shows the UPDF's side!They are other claims that these elites are stressing out ,which for security reasons ,I cannot put here.It is upon the FARDC external intelligence and UPDF external intelligence institutions to go to the go the ground and have a thorough clarification on the matter!For Ugandan civilians,it would be to hostile for these two countries to cut diplomatic ties!

FARDC confirms the arrest of the north kivu's head of domestic intelligence on accussation of collaborating with M23!

 FARDC CONFIRMS THE ARREST OF ITS INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS IN CONVICTION OF ALLYING WITH M23!

From military intelligence sources, the head of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR) in the province of North Kivu and his two deputies were arrested in Goma and taken since the evening of Tuesday February 13, 2024 to Kinshasa, on the orders of General Christian Ndaywel, the head of the Military Intelligence Staff, formerly the Military Detection of Anti-Homeland Activities (Demiap) in Kintambo, where they are detained. According to a confidantand former member of DEMIAP,Fabien Mbwembwe and his two deputies in charge, one of operations and the other of administration, are accused of collusion with the enemy.

THE SPOKESPERSON OF THE GORVENOR,DJIMMY WAS ALSO ARRESTED!

Djimmy NZIALY, the governor's new spokesperson and unsuccessful candidate for provincial deputy in the city of Goma on Burec's list, was arrested  on the orders of General Ndaywell of military intelligence. According tothe confidant, NZIALY was in constant communication with Cornelle Nanga, to whom he had been sending text messages for a week about the movements of the officers and especially the support for the Wazalendo coming from the military governor. His communication intercepted, his phone provided evidence to investigators thanks to which the officials of the ANR North Kivu were also spotted in collaboration with the Rwandans for the fraudulent exit of minerals. As a reminder, at the beginning of 2023, Djimmy NZIALY and Éric BUANA PUA, had decided to join with a bang, the political party of Cornelle Nanga before leaving it a few days after the start of the candidacy when he decided to withdraw from the process. This is how they decided to return to Burec. 

M23 vs wazalendo fighting resumed on the hill of kagano ,today morning!

 Since 5 a.m. this Friday 16/02, clashes have been reported in Kagano hill in the Mupfunyi Shanga group and surrounding areas, between the M23 and the Wazalendo resistance fighters. After fighting all day yesterday in the hills overlooking the village of Bihambwe in masisi territory where young patriotic resistance fighters failed to dislodge the rebels from their trenches, this morning the situation remains calm. In Shasha,there are reports of the looting of the Shasha health center by the M23 rebels, who allegedly took away all the necessary items from this health structure. Five days after their approach to the city of Sake, the m23 rebels and their RDF allies have still not set foot on the soil of this entity. The wazalendo and the FARDC control the city of Sake, at a time when the population is no longer there. During the night of this Friday, trucks of M23 reinforcements with men and ammunition arrived at the antennas located in the hills overlooking the city of SAKE our sources on site say. Many observers negatively criticize the attitude of the Congolese army in giving the rebels plenty of time to reorganize around Sake, and fear the fall of this city into the hands of the rebels who are quietly strengthening themselves in the area.