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In 2016, the U.S. declared him a specially designated global terrorist, saying that he posed a significant risk of committing acts of terrorism that threaten the security of U.S. nationals or the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the U.S
Several sources claim that the Congolese journalist, Magloire Paluku may have joined the M23 rebellion. This information is also confirmed by the movement of M23 : "He is here with us, like many other Congolese who are joining us", declared Willy NGOMA , military spokesperson of M23 . Shortly before, the journalist was advisor to the National Minister of Culture and Arts, Furaha Katungu of the UNC.
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M23 dedicated the whole of June for the search of key figures in support of their rebellion
The beneficiaries were thankful for the support of ATMIS KDF troops. The medicamp forms part of ATMIS’ Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) Initiatives to strengthen relations between the military and local communities.
Photo late Major Opio(RIP)
In a
statement released on Monday, ATMIS said, "a joint ATMIS-UPDF and SNAF,
logistics convoy was hit by a command wire, Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
on Sunday along the Mogadishu-Buffow-Barawe route."
"The attack
claimed two lives and injured personnel from both ATMIS and SNAF. All
casualties have been evacuated to medical facilities."
ATMIS offered a
heartfelt condolences to the families of the deceased and prayed for a quick
recovery to the injured.
"The incident
strengthens our resolve to support peace and security efforts in Somalia,"
ATMIS stated.
The deceased include
Maj Opio Awany, ;brother of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM)
Secretary General, Richard Todwong.
Captain Ibrahim
Ssekito, the UPDF Battle Group Information Officer, confirmed Maj. Patrick Opio
Awany's death and said three UPDF soldiers were injured in the attack which
occurred at 1:00pm on Sunday, July 7, 2024 between Buulo Nagad and Ceel
Wareego, Lower Shabelle in Somalia.
“He was a convoy
commander. Al-Shabaab laid an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) against his
convoy which hit his vehicle and killed him,” Capt. Ssekito said.”
He said the ill-fated
convoy was carrying logistics and that Maj. Awany who was part of the Motorised
Infantry Brigade of the UPDF, died on the spot.
On Monday, Todwong who
is currently attending a public Service Leaders' introspection retreat for
Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, and NRM top leadership, at the National
Leadership Institute (NALI) in Kyankwanzi, took to X-platform to mourn his
brother.
“I celebrate my
brother, Maj. Opio Patrick Awany. Your dedication to protecting our country was
your code and you approached your duty with unmatched passion. You bravely
faced countless battles in the Central African Republic, Eastern Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC) and Somalia,” Todwong said.
He revealed his
brother’s life, “was tragically cut short on Sunday morning as you served our
continent Africa. May your legacy endure to inspire more heroes. We will
forever hold you in our hearts, Patrick. You were a true patriot.”
This attack comes in the wake of a directive by the ATMIS that the troop contributing countries engage in a drawdown that will see the numbers of soldiers deployed to back up Somali National Force reduced and some operations handed back to Federal Government of Somalia Forces.
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“An attack on the city of Goma is being prepared,” warns this Congolese.
“This Monday, July 8, 2024 at 9:30 p.m., 5 FUSO brand vehicles and 2 JEEPs full of M23/RDF from Rutshuru center have just crossed here in Rumangabo in the direction of Kibumba,” he testified.
At the beginning of July, civil society in the Nyiragongo territory around the city of Goma, alerted of a plan by Rwanda to attack the city of Goma after the elections in Rwanda 🇷🇼 .
“We are alerting the Congolese authorities to Rwanda's plan to attack the city of Goma just after the current elections in Rwanda,” alerted Mambo Kawaya, from Nyiragongo civil society.
According to military Intelligence sources, the attackers targeted this village, where the army is not deployed, before attacking civilian...
