30 questions in 3 hours of audition at the National Assembly Defense and Security Committee,I want Gilbert kankonde's answer on North KIVU issues!

DRC's Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior and Security, Gilbert Kankonde was on a television audition this Tuesday, May 19, by the National Assembly's Defense and Security Committee. It was a question of listening to him on the growing crime cases in the major cities: Kinshasa, Lubumbashi and Goma.
Members of the said committee have also been concerned about the continuing killing in the eastern part of the country, especially in Ituri. For example, Members have asked the security boss over 30 questions.
" It was a good time when we tried to address authority, the security situation of the country. Do you have in lubumbashi where we enter houses and kill, the phenomenon of wewa in Kinshasa, the kidnapping, Bundu dia Mayala in Kinshasa and central Kongo, (...) a question also asked about the allegation of foreign troops in the North - Kivu, the foray of the troops Zambian to Muliro. Over 30 questions were asked and the vVice-Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior scored them and promised to come back Thursday to answer all these questions. Our concern is that we can identify the causes and actors of the increase in insecurity in our country. We need to identify the solutions ", said Juvenal Munubo, the committee's committee.
Gilbert Kankonde raised the issue of the means and strength of law enforcement officers.
" The Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior and Security spoke about a problem of staff and means. Many Members have intervened to tell him that we need to do with the available means. There is a budget that we vote for every year added Mr. Munubo.
The option of calling the VPM from the inside was lifted at the last meeting of the Defense and Security Committee, to be approved by the Conference of Presidents.
Mr. Kankonde was accompanied by his collaborators, including police officials and the Migration Branch (CMD).

An assessment of the strategy against the ADF will see some DRC army officers plus civil officers transfered!

The territory of Beni (North Kivu) has been experiencing increased activism in recent weeks. The ADF are increasingly active in OICHA and its surroundings. More attacks have been reported near Eringeti. Halungupa, in the of sector, which had been spared in the past two weeks, also recorded other cases of violence last week. At least 5 dead bodies have been discovered in Ndoma, near the town of Halungupa. These civilians were beaten by the alleged fighters of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF)
From the sources of the presidency, learn that some army leaders will be released and others will be sent out within two weeks. A reassessment of the strategy strategy is underway. At the level of the presidency of the Republic, several sources talk about the release of some FARDC units in recent months in the hunt for these fighters.
For its part, the army also evokes internal complicity at the local level that still do not end the activism of what many already call the ADF nebula, which has both Congolese and foreigners.
The killing series has grown since last week in the territory of Beni. At least 24 people have been killed since last Tuesday in four different attacks. Which attacks are given to Ugandan Ugandan rebels.

About 800 Congolese stranded in Burundi have returned to the DRC via Uvira

About 800 Congolese stranded in Burundi following the border closure measure related to the fight against coronavirus returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo this Tuesday, May 19, 2020.
They have joined Congolese soil via the of border for the city of Uvira in South Kivu.
According to the migration service in Uvira, the arrival of these Congolese people was facilitated by the embassy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Burundi.
He says that some of these returns are from the province of Tanganyika, others from North Kivu and others from the city of Bukavu, the territories of Uvira, Fizi and Walungu in South Kivu.
The officers of the Migration Branch in Uvira report that they have performed the medical cheking at the entrance of these Congolese people.

DRC army Army warns politicians calling the population for self-defense

The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo "FARDC" warn any politician who makes words incitement to self-defense in the territories of Djugu and Mahagi.
In a press release dated May 2020, 18, the army says there are some politicians who hold speech of hatred, division and intolerance but also who are the foundation of disinformation and poisoning ..
This attitude prevents the smooth running of military operations in the field, and demoralized forces according to the army.
" FARDC regrets and denounce the speeches of division, hatred, intolerance and calls for self-defense by politicians in bad positioning and popularity. These words tend to prevent the smooth running of military operations on the ground and to demoralize the forces of the military ", can read in this document.
Thus, the army promises to track the elements of the CODECO militia (cooperative for the development of Congo) and all other armed groups, anyone who will continue to engage in this practice.

What mukwege had to say about killings and militias in DRC

In the face of the rising insecurity in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dr. Denis Mukwege has in a match this Tuesday, May 2020, 19, expressed his sadness with the authorities Congolese.
As for this, Denis Mukwege calls on the Congolese authorities for a real political will to eradicate insecurity in the eastern part of the country.
" There is an urgent need for our authorities to also show real political will to put an end to insecurity in the eastern DRC, and take the necessary measures to prevent the non-repetition of large-scale violence that our population has been experiencing for more than 20 years old ", has said.
However, the Congolese gynecologist and Nobel Peace Prize condemns the killing in Ituri province.
"We strongly condemn the extreme killing and acts of violence committed in recent months in Ituri province, especially in the territories of Djugu and Mahagi", he said.
It should be remembered that some twenty people were recently killed and several houses burned in Ituri province by the CODECO militiamen.

Germany's data protection commissioner Ulrich Kelber has warned federal authorities against using Facebook's WhatsApp messenger

Germany's data protection commissioner Ulrich Kelber has warned federal authorities against using Facebook's WhatsApp messenger while working from home during the coronavirus crisis, in a letter leaked by media on Sunday.
"Even in these difficult times data protection should not be neglected. For this reason I would like to point out that the use of WhatsApp by a federal agency is out of the question", Kelber said in an email published by the German digital rights blog, Netzpolitik.
He warned that, although Facebook could not
read encrypted messages, the application was providing it with other "metadata" like the IP address, location and the mobile operating system that could be used to piece together the user's profile.
Kelber said this proved that a trusted information service needed to be created to satisfy the country's strict data protection rules.
WhatsApp Messenger is an American freeware,
cross-platform messaging service owned by Facebook that allows users to send text and voice messages, make voice and video calls, as well as share images, documents, user locations, and other forms of media.

Saab has signed a contract worth Us $158 billion and received an order for the Airborne Early Warning and Control solution Saab 2000 Erieye

Saab has signed a contract and received an order for the Airborne Early Warning and Control solution Saab 2000 Erieye. The order is worth SEK 1.55 billion (nearly $158 million).
Due to circumstances concerning the product and customer, the company is reticent about the buyer. No further information about the customer will be announced, a Saab press release said.
The Saab 2000 Erieye is a complete Airborne Early Warning and Control system with multi-role and multi-mission capabilities for both military and civilian needs.
It is based on the Saab 2000 aircraft that equips Saab’s airborne radar Erieye and a range of other sensors and provides detailed situational awareness. It can be used for tasks including border surveillance and search-and-rescue operations, national broadcaster SVT reported .
Deliveries will take place between 2020 and 2023, and the work will be carried out in Gothenburg, Järfälla, Linköping, Luleå and Arboga.
In late April, Saab announced the delivery of first of three ordered GlobalEye early warning systems to the United Arab Emirates.
“The delivery of the first GlobalEye plane is a major milestone for Saab, but also an important historical step for airborne sensor platforms,” Saab's President and CEO Micael Johansson said in a statement.
GlobalEye is a combination of Saab's new radar system Erieye ER and Bombardier's Global 6000, a jet aircraft that has extra long range and can be in the air for up to 11 hours, national broadcaster SVT reported .
According to Saab, GlobalEye is the first in the world market that can “detect and track targets at great distances and conduct surveillance in the air, on the ground and at sea simultaneously from one and the same platform.
Saab AB is a Swedish aerospace and defence company, founded in 1937. From 1947 to 1990 it was the parent company of car manufacturer Saab Automobile. Its main focus is fighter aircraft, combat weapons, missile systems, torpedoes, sensor systems, unmanned underwater vehicles, as well as airborne surveillance solutions (including GlobalEye, Saab 2000 Erieye), radars and means of electronic warfare .
At about 17,000 employees, Saab is seen as a backbone of Sweden's military-industrial complex.