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The president of the Senate, Alexis Thambwe Mwamba was critical of the security authorities in Kinshasa following the outbreak of urban crime orchestrated by bandits known as "kuluna". In his opening speech of the March parliamentary session, he somehow denounced the passivity of the state which, according to his question, would be limited to securing only Gombe, which is one of the 24 communes of the capital. " We also regret the increase in urban banditry, in cities and major cities of the country, and especially in the city of Kinshasa: complaints of kidnappings, car theft, expatriates and national attacks, are happening to us Plus. The state seems overwhelmed and of of individuals want to impose their law on us. Seeing them act like this, we wonder if in Kinshasa the state is limited to Gombe, and again, we urge law enforcement, to solve this problem ", he said. He also asked " the Senate Defense and Security Committee to investigate possible ways to...

The provincial governments of North and South Kivu, under the support of the Directorate General for Migration (CMD), mobilized to repatriate more than 1600 Burundians who were in an irregular situation in the DRC. These refugees were found in a dealership located in Lac Vert district in Goma. Some sources say they had been installed there since 2018. The provincial authorities in North Kivu have decided to repatriate them to Burundi, through Bukavu and Uvira, in South Kivu province. On Tuesday, March 2020, 17, the Vice-Governor and CMD received 1609 people from the boats Emmanuel 2 and 3. After identification, these Burundian people boarded 20 FARDC trucks , under the facilitate of CMD and the Congolese National Police. They were sent to Burundi via Kanvinvira to Uvira, which was their front door. In Bukavu, while some were wondering how they had entered the Congo, in view and at the knowledge of security services, until they were in Goma; others say they would be the r...

According to sources in Goma and Bukavu, Burundian refugees were boarded for their return to Burundi via Kanvinvira in Uvira, in more than 20 FARDC trucks. The Directorate-General for Migration (CMD) has registered more  people coming to Goma, North Kivu and who were in the irregularities in the DRC, which they call "promised land". In comparison with the statistics given by the North Kivu provincial government of North Kivu, South Kivu recorded 1609. This increase is due to the fact that some other Burundi who lived in Bukavu and others came on board boats other than Emmanuel 2 and 3 went to the others to return home to Burundi; reveals a frame of CMD. These refugees are delighted with this return because for them the Congolese government has refused their application for asylum in the DRC. They say they have padder religious persecution. They quote the Catholic church that would have sowed hatred in Burundi. In addition, they still doubt whether they will be welcom...

The Mayor of the city of Beni, bwanakawa Masumbuko Nyonyi denounces the non-assistance of war-displaced people of the war in several areas in the Beni region. It has been for several weeks since several people fleeing the attacks of the ADF rebels have arrived in the city of Beni and have since received no assistance from the humanitarian organizations. The sources on the spot once told HERE kivu that these displaced people experience an endless promiscuity in foster families, others spend their nights in churches without putting anything under their teeth. "It is with sadness that we see that war displaced from Halungupa, Mangina, I and everywhere else who live in the city of Beni so far do not benefit from a certain assistant from the partners" regrets the Mayor of Beni .. " We found, after having interviewed the various competent authorities, that the very identification of different households had not yet taken place says Mayor bwanakawa Masumbuko Nyonyi, who...

The army announces that it has arrested two leaders of the CODECO militia in the village of Ala Pitsi in the village of Ala Pitsi in the territory of Djugu, about 200 km from Bunia (Ituri). The operation was carried out at three o'clock in the morning by the military of the 3201th Regiment following the information received a few days earlier and following the collaboration of the population. One of these militiamen known as Tseni Adrionzi Raymond is presented by the Army as the driving brain of the movement led by Ngundjolo. Visé by a police search notice, he was prosecuted for an attempt to create a subversive movement in the territory of Djugu. " He's the designer, he's the one who plans everything. He worked for a long time in armed groups. He can be seen as the thinking head of the movement ", said Lieutenant Jules Ngongo, Army spokesperson in the area. The second one, called Kester, is also an influential member of this movement and a close collaborator ...

The coronavirus pandemic has led to the intensification of internet fraud activity, with hackers picking up on the panic surrounding the virus by sending concerned users fake emails from the ‘World Health Organization’ (WHO) containing viruses that steal personal information, Kaspersky Lab, a Russian cybersecurity and anti-virus maker, has warned. Konstantin Ignatiev, head of Kaspersky’s web content analysis division, says the company has observed an uptick in the number of spam messages and letters on the subject of coronavirus throughout the world, with numbers estimated in the thousands per day at the moment. One of the trends picked up by Kaspersky has been the use of phishing emails. “People are receiving fake emails supposedly from the WHO with ‘security measures which must be taken to avoid infection’. As soon as the user clicks the link, he or she is redirected to the phishing site and receives an offer to share personal information which falls into the hands of the hackers,...

The Falcon 9 carrier rocket with satellites for the Starlink system will be launched on Wednesday , private US aerospace manufacturer SpaceX said on Twitter. "Targeting Wednesday, 18 March at 8:16 a.m. EDT, 12:16 UTC, for Falcon 9's launch of Starlink from LC-39A in Florida", it said. Targeting Wednesday, March 18 at 8:16 a.m. EDT, 12:16 UTC, for Falcon 9's launch of Starlink from LC-39A in Florida — SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 16, 2020 Initially, the launch of the rocket was to take place on Sunday but was cancelled a few seconds before the blastoff , with Space X providing no reason to explain the cancellation. Starlink is a next-generation satellite network capable of providing the Earth with broadband Internet access. The project began in February 2018. About 12,000 satellites are planned to be launched in total. Another 30,000 satellites are expected to be put into orbit at altitudes ranging from 328 to 580 kilometres.