ADF in afternoon of Saturday June 20, 2020 invaded the locality of Vukaka located in chiefdom of Banyali-Tchabi, territory of Irumu in Ituri.

ADF in afternoon of Saturday June 20, 2020 invaded the locality of Vukaka located in chiefdom of Banyali-Tchabi, territory of Irumu in Ituri.
Richard Balengilyao, one of the important members of region who delivered the information through a press release sent to media outlets puts forward a report of at least 10 civilians killed with the machetes, burned houses and several goods taken away, which caused the vacating of the population to neighboring villages.
While condemning the insufficiency of the FARDC soldiers in the country, Mr. Balengilyao asked the authorities to provide assistance to the displaced persons and to the national army to accompany the families to the scene of the tragedy for a dignified and secure burial of the victims .
In May 2019, more than 20 civilian residents of the same entity were killed and 60 others kidnapped in a series of attacks attributed to these ADF Islamists based in the neighboring region of Beni in North Kivu where they are fleeing operations. carried out against their positions by loyalist forces.

DRC army in Ituri captures Pkaki Bura Dieudonné, a former lieutenant colonel FARDC who is a ringleader of all the attricities that CODECO has committed in this province

His name is Pkaki Bura Dieudonné, a former lieutenant colonel FARDC who was captured by the 312th army battalion in Ituri.
Lieutenant Jules Ngongo, spokesman for the armed forces who confirms the information, indicates that the man is part of the gang of these “little thugs” who kill and burn houses belonging to the peaceful population in the territories by Mahagi and Djugu.
"According to the information we have, he is one of the gang of thugs who are behind the killings and the burning of houses in the territories of Djugu and Mahagi. For security reasons we cannot reveal his position by the fact that this man who is wanted by his own after he was arrested by the Armed Forces "he affirms.
Mr. Pkaki Bura's arrest took place near the mining town of Mungwalu to the west of Djugu territory.
In addition, the army spokesman in Ituri added that there are many such soldiers in the wild and that efforts are being made to track them down.
Several other leaders of the CODECO militia have already been arrested in the past. Two of them, Tseni and Kesta were even transferred to Kinshasa where they are detained, while Justin Ngudjolo, commander-in-chief and founder of this rebel group, was shot dead on March 26.

DRC looses two soldiers in a rebel attack in FIZI

2 military forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) were killed on Saturday, June 2020, 20 in a rebel attack against their position in Kamombo in the territory of Fizi in South Kivu.
 Captain Dieudonné Kasereka, spokesperson for the operating sector Sukola 2 South Kivu said that it was the coalition of armed groups Ngumino, makanika's group and other armed groups that attacked this FARDC position, located in the North Balala group, in the area of Tanganyika.
" During the attack, the military made a strategic tactical plan to limit the security damage as this location that is occupied by several civilians. 2 FARDC soldiers lost their lives in this militiamen attack ", he explains.
Captain Dieudonné Kasereka pointed out that Operation Sector command 2 South Kivu condemns the acts of violence committed by these local armed groups under the command of Colonel deserter Michel makanika Rukundo.
He says that these armed groups still do not want to join the peace process promoted by the head of state.
It should be remembered that clashes between Loyalists and armed groups have been repeated since last May in the territory of Fizi. On 13 June, another military was in an ambush by the Mai-Mai still in this part of South Kivu
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Président Tshisekede orders head on count and identification of All FARDC soldiers in North KIVU,South KIVU and Ituri

The identification of all military members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) deployed in three eastern provinces of the country (North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri) began as planned on Saturday, June 20 2020 in Goma in North Kivu.
The operation was launched by General Major Isidore Kahumbu, Chief of Staff of the Congolese army. The first to be identified is General Edmond Ilunga, Commander of the 34th Military Region.
He has warned all elements that are not going to be identified, to face criminal charges and several social consequences.
" I invite all military members of the 34th military region (North Kivu ed), to move to control individually and in their units, because at the end of this control, any military who will not be identified will be considered not part of our forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with all the legal and social consequences ", warned General Edmond Ilunga.
In the provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri, where the army has been in full-scale military operation for the tracking of armed groups since October 2019, the commanders of all units are called upon to implement all the means for the success of this operation.
It should be noted that it is on the order of the supreme commander and head of state Félix Antoine Tshisekedi tshilombo that this operation is launched, with the aim of improving the living conditions of the FARDC military deployed in this region,this comes after a group of member of national assembly were crying out for the little salary got or paid to FARDC officers.And importantly is to identify the soldiers to know who are still in the army and those who deserted owing to various leaks that indicated suspicions o rebellions in KIVU and Ituri spearheaded by deserted FARDC officers.

South Korea's Unification Ministry is reportedly planning an upgrade of its computer system in a bid to boost its security against possible cyberattacks

Amid a recent flare-up of tensions between South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), earlier in June, Seoul’s Unification Ministry had warned of the danger of increased cyberattacks which could be made using highly advanced hacking technology.
South Korea's Unification Ministry is reportedly planning an upgrade of its computer system in a bid to boost its security against possible cyberattacks, reports Yonhap.
The ministry is cited as planning to invest 320 million won ($265,000) in the project, as it seeks to detect and analyse any Advanced Persistent Threats (APT), targeting it in real time. APT refers to attacks that aggressively pursue a chosen target rather an unidentified subject.
The reported upgrade of the system is expected to take six months.
Earlier in June, the ministry was quoted as underscoring that "Intelligent cyberattacks with highly advanced hacking technology are on the rise," as it announced that it intended to push ahead with an upgrade.
"This will establish a new system that allows us to effectively respond to cyberattacks by linking the system with institutions specialising in preventing cyberattacks, instead of civil servants having to sit down all day and look out for possible attacks," a ministry official said, cited by Yonhap.
The move, touted as a potential safeguard against possible cyberattacks from North Korea and other parties, comes a year after hackers, disguising themselves as ministry staff, sent emails containing malicious codes to reporters covering the ministry’s work.
It was suggested at the time that North Korea was behind the attacks.
Pyongyang is often accused by the US and international cybersecurity officials, along with private sector specialists, of infiltrating global financial networks and allegedly launching cyberattacks.
North Korea was accused of being behind the spread of the WannaCry virus in May 2017, which blocked computers around the world with messages flashing on the screen demanding money to remove the restriction.
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A screenshot shows a WannaCry ransomware demand, provided by cyber security firm Symantec, in Mountain View, California, U.S. May 15, 2017
In response to accusations of cyberattacks, North Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
dismissed the allegations as an attempt to “tarnish the image” of the state, in its statement on 28 May 2020.
The current developments come as tensions in the region soared after the People's Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK) cut off communications with its southern neighbour and blew up an Inter-Korean Liaison office in the border town of Kaesong on 16 June.
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A view of an explosion of a joint liaison office with South Korea in border town Kaesong, North Korea in this picture supplied by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on June 16, 2020
The unexpected move came three days after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s sister, Kim Yo-jong, threatened to scrap the "useless" channel and the North-South agreement unless Seoul stops sending alleged propaganda leaflets over the border using balloons.
Certain groups in South Korea have long been conducting a campaign of sending leaflets across the border criticising the policies of the North Korean leader.
The General Staff Department of the Korean People's Army also announced the resumption of "all kinds of regular military exercises" near the Korean Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), set up after the inter-Korean summit in 2018, and redeploy troops to Kaesong and the Mount Kumgang joint tourist zone on the eastern coast.
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Park Sang-Hak, a North Korean defector living in the South and leader of an anti-North Korea civic group, holds a balloon containing leaflets denouncing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, South Korea, March 26, 2016, on the sixth anniversary of the sinking of the naval ship Cheonan.
In response, South Korean military warned that Pyongyang “will pay the price” if it takes military action against South Korea.

Civil societies denounced an alleged rebel group that has been formed in ituri

LIBARU for short, a structure that brings together nationals of Aru territory, a territory located in the far north of Ituri on the border between the DRC, Uganda and South Sudan, denounces an attempt to create a new armed group in this entity by a deserting/deserted FARDC officer.
According to this structure, it is a certain Colonel named Asamba who is recruiting young people for a possible rebellion in Aru.
In a press address earlier in the weekend, his spokesman François Odipio called on security authorities to quickly deploy a force in the area to counter the threat.
He further condemned the repeated incursions of South Sudanese soldiers as well as the entry he described as “suspicious” of vehicles from neighbouring countries during the late hours in the same area.
Several houses were set on fire and people’s property was looted by uncontrolled elements of the South Sudanese army in several villages along the border between the two countries where local sources note a small number of Congolese loyalist soldiers.

DRC army warns all those transmitting un substantiated information and those promoting rebellious activities in FIZI,UVIRA and MWENGA in South kivu

The Armed Forces of the DRC (congolese) denounce and guard the armed groups of mainly ethnic origin which operate under the unacceptable pretext of self-defense and which broadcast, in social media, unsubstantiated information against the Armed Forces with the aim to
tarnish their image and reputation in national and international opinion.
In a statement signed by their spokesperson, General Major Leon Richard Kasonga, the FARDC explains that unlike the lies of these armed groups sponsored and manipulated by politicians in a bad position that the Armed Forces defend the cause of certain communities in To the detriment of others in the territories of Mwenga, Uvira and Fizi in South Kivu, it is " in fact these uncommitted, members of the same ethnicity, supported by some army deserters who formed a rebellion and attacking both other local communities as well as the Armed Forces ".
The congolese remind, in the same statement, that they are a Republican, non-political army and are at the service of the entire nation. To this end, they include members of all the communities in the DRC without exclusive.
The press release also reminds the army's mission of defending the integrity of the national territory and borders while participating in the protection of people and their property.
The congolese are working with the international community represented by the for the performance of their sovereign mission mentioned above in South Kivu as well as in other provinces such as Ituri also in the face of community conflicts.
To this end, the congolese have the mission to impose peace and track down all armed groups that sow destruction among the civil population, who attack state symbols and refuse to drop weapons, pounding the spokesperson of the State and refuse to drop weapons. congolese in the press release.
While reaffirming their warning not only against the authors of the criminal acts but also against those who broadcast information from Divisionists, separatist, ethnicistes and malicious, the congolese reserve the right to bring to justice the authors and co-sponsors of these information dangerously threatening national unity.