China praises Russian SU-57

Earlier in May, the new Russian next-generation Su-57 fighter jets, capable of destroying all types of air, ground or naval surface targets, passed all tests and fulfilled all set requirements.

A Chinese expert from the Sohu media outlet praised the new Russian cutting edge Su-57 fighter, noting that Russia has made a "breakthrough", since Su-57 is the first fifth-generation plane with the abilities of a sixth-generation aircraft.

The expert outlined the possibility of an unmanned piloting mode and artificial-intelligence combat capabilities. Technology implemented in the Su-57 can allow it to have extreme overload, only limited by the amount of physical abuse tolerable by the pilot.

"Another five-generation aircraft made a breakthrough, as the Russian Su-57 was tested for the first time. Unmanned driving mode allowed Russia's fifth-generation aircraft to use the technology of the sixth-generation aircraft, and then the Russian military ordered immediate production", the expert's article said.

The trials of the Su-57 jets were conducted earlier in May , resulting in the fighters fulfilling all requirements.

The planes, capable of destroying all types of surface targets, were ordered by Russian Ministry of Defence in 2019.

North kivu's SMB may face justice for "illegal mining title"

The Co-op of the Operators Operators operators of Masisi (COOPERAMMA S. A) lodged a complaint with the General of Goma against the the mining company (SMB) on Thursday, June 04, 2020.SMB is blamed for having obtained "illegal and irregular" mining titles to work in the of mining square in of territory in North Kivu.

" We have had labor conflicts for almost 25 years, and today the opinion must remember that the time is right for justice to address the problem and solve it in a short time. We encourage SMB to have obtained mining titles in an illegal way and in our complaint we also talk about the use of fake documents", said Vincent Zilimwabagabo, president of the COOPERAMMA.

The COOPERAMMA seeks from Congolese justice, the cancellation of SMB titles, which will lead to its fall and transfer of the mining mining square. In 2018, the Congolese Minister of Mines had judged the SMB titles of "legal and regular" while believing that it is the COOPERAMMA that should move out of the mining square of Rubaya in Masisi.

Today is the first time that the has attacked SMB titles after several other complaints to denounce human rights violations in the mine. SMB, for its part, denounces mining fraud attempted by the, accusations rejected by the latter.

The two companies that exploit coltan in North Kivu were bound by a MOU which ended in October 2019., which allowed the peaceful exploitation of ore in the of mining square, but since its expiration, several mining operators craft have been killed, others tortured in their opposition, as well as several mining fraud orchestrated.

DRC army claims to have taken control of all the strongholds of the ADF and promises to end the killing

The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) claims to have taken control of all the strongholds of the Ugandan rebels of the Alliance of Armed Forces Alliance (ADF).

According to Operations Commander Good I who told the press on Thursday, June 2020, 3, the recent killing of these rebels aims to push FARDC to abandon their former bases already conquered.

" We control all the strongholds of the ADF rebels, they have become moving rats but we are pursuing them and that's why they want revenge on the population. They know we're tracking them and they want to take us backso that they come to pick up the citzens fields where there's food. That's what the FARDC refused ", said General Jacques Nduru.

And he continued: " We promise that FARDC will continue operations in order to prevent these rebels. We are taking strategies for the killing to end ".

He has also reported that operations of the Congolese National Police will be strengthened (PNC) in the areas of Beni, so that the people are protected.

NRA HEROES:COL PATRICK LUMUMBA (RIP) R0/00048

He was the son of former Town Clerk of Masaka, Mr Nathan Ruyondo, who gave Mr Museveni the getaway car that took him to the jungles of Luweero

He was one of the key NRA commanders in the bush. He commanded the 3rd Battalion that besieged Masaka barracks and fought fierce battles during the capture of Kampala. He died in 1991.

NRAHEROES LT. GEN PROSCOVIA NALWEYISO

Born in June 1954 in Mpigi, Gen. Proscovia Nalweyiso is now 66 years. Her family was large, with 20 children.

“It was a family that liked the Kabaka, so whatever happened to Buganda, we were touched,” she says. So when Kabaka Frederick Muteesa was exiled in 1966, Nalweyiso, then aged 12, heard about it. “I was hurt even if I was a child,” she says. And when he passed on in 1969, it was more hurting

By 1979, she had started working as a junior teacher and a typist at a church near Gombe, Mpigi district. It was at that same time that the political animal was stirred up.

“I thought that the Democratic Party (DP) had a good mission. So I joined it and was named the sub-county publicity secretary as we moved towards the 1980 elections,” she said.

But when the elections were held, they turned out to be a fiasco. According to Nalweyiso, DP won the elections and celebrations had broken out.

“We were sure we had won and that is why we were celebrating, but we were stunned much later when the radio started announcing that UPC had won,” she recalls. The elections had been rigged. UPC had stayed and Obote was going to be President again! This upset the young woman.

“A period of persecution then ensued. UPC youth wingers and soldiers were harassing and killing DP members and whoever did not support them,” she said. This is what propelled her into armed rebellion. She joined the National Resistance Army (NRA) in 1982. “I realised that my only way out was to go and fight for my country. The killings that I had witnessed took away any fears that I may have

Life in the bush was particularly tough for the women. “We are supposed to go into our menstruation periods; however, at times we failed to get real pads to use in the bush. With time, even the periods stopped coming because of the conditions.”

In 1983, a new unit, the Women’s wing was carved out of the NRA. Nalweyiso was named as its first commandant. In 1984, most of the women were ordered by the NRA high command to move to western Uganda from their base in Luweero.

They moved together with the sick men and the weak. Although the overall commander of this expedition was the late Maj. Gen.l Fred Rwigyema and the late Brig. Chefe Ali, Nalweyiso played a big role, since she was in command of the women.

By 1985, they had successfully set up the western front and ready to engage in battles. “We were in a unit that attacked Mbarara Barracks, for example,” she said. It was, however, in this battle that he lost the highest number of combatants in a single battle, five women fighters died! They were moved back to Fort-Portal and that is where they stayed until the NRA captured power in 1986.

When the NRA captured power, Nalweyiso was given the rank of Captain and deployed as Commandant of the Women’s Wing in the Army. She was soon promoted to Major and Lt. Colonel by the turn of the year 2000.

In 1986 according to records, the women in the army numbered around 800. “When you become a women’s leader, you play more than the role of command. You are also a counsellor, a mother and an aunt, as well” she said of this role.

For the last 20 years, she has been based at State House as a Senior Advisor on Defense issues and according to sources, one of the most trusted by the President because of her resoluteness.

She was married to an army officer in 1974, while still a civilian, but separated with her husband.

NRA HEROES:THE DAY SALIM SALEH'S BRAVERY NEARLY COST HIM HIS LIFE DURING THE BUSH WAR

During the bush war, there were fighters who were nicknamed ‘Kalampenge’ because of the extraordinary bravery with which they confronted the enemy (Obote’s UNLA forces) and all bush-war veterans will tell you that Salim Saleh was such a fighter.

It is this level of bravery which Lt. Gen. Pecos Kutesa in his book "How i saw it" equates to being possessed, that almost cost Saleh his life on February 20, 1983.

On that day, the UNLA detach near Bukalabi in Nakaseke spotted the NRA rebels doing reconnaissance (okuketa) and in anticipation of an attack, the UNLA forces dug trenches and torched the surrounding bushes to create an open field around their trenches.

During that time, the NRA had received the first European journalist—a German who would give them the much needed international publicity. In order to demonstrate to the journalist that NRA was a powerful rebel force, Saleh was sent to raid that UNLA encampment.

Saleh, however, encountered a well prepared UNLA force who had taken good positions in the trenches. The wise thing would have been to call off the attack, but being the Kalampenge that he was, Salim Saleh went ahead with it.

Saleh tried to smoke the enemy forces out of their trenches—a virtually impossible mission in military operations and in the end the NRA lost nine fighters as Saleh escaped having been shot four bullets in both arms.

But even after being shot, Saleh continued to command his troops with blood oozing out of his hands but later after losing a lot of blood, he became weak and was carried back to the rebel base. He later found 18 more holes of bullets in his jacket and how he dodged the bullets, only God knows.

A senior officer, who lived at the NRA headquarters at the time, said that Saleh was hidden away from the journalist and the opportunity for the much needed publicity in Europe was lost.

An ICC mission to investigate the massacres of civilians in Iturivwill be soon set.

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda announces the deployment of a mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to investigate the massacres of civilians in Ituri province.

In a statement issued Thursday, 04 June, Bensouda is deeply concerned about the numerous reports of the rise of serious violence in Ituri, especially in the territories of Djugu and Mahagi.

" credible information shows many armed attacks against the civil population. These attacks have escalated in several Ituri territories over the past few months. This same information also reports repeated attacks on internal internally displaced persons camps and targeted communities... These acts could be crimes within the International Criminal Court ", said Fatou Bensouda.

At the same time, the prosecutor of the ICC encourages the competent authorities of the DRC, in accordance with the principle of complementarity which is at the heart of the Rome Statute and which gives States parties the primary responsibility to continue and judge, to intensify their efforts for real investigations to be carried out.

Ms. Bensouda said that her Office would intensify contacts with the Congolese authorities to strengthen the work already begun to map incidents potentially falling within the competence of the ICC and to exchange with authorities on urgent measures to be taken, especially in the framework of the treatment of priority cases by Congolese justice.

It calls on all armed groups and all parties to stop all attacks, especially against the civil population, and refrain from using any criminal violence in violation of the Rome Statute of the ICC.

In this week alone,16 more civilians were killed in ituri!!God has heard our prayers,and next should be minembwe but minembwe has some complex issues and a cobweb network of those who instigate the killings there!

See this:https://acidicsecurity.blogspot.com/2020/06/catholic-bishop-of-bunia-bitter-on.html?m=1

See:https://acidicsecurity.blogspot.com/2020/06/adf-base-installation-in-ituridrc-army.html?m=1