Ituri province recorded on Tuesday, July 22, 2020 four new positive cases of Coronavirus,

Ituri province recorded on Tuesday, July 22,
2020 four new positive cases of Coronavirus,
says the report of the technical secretariat for
the fight against the pandemic reached  scores Which brings the number of
patients to 32 in this province, the city Bunia
being the most affected with more than twenty
confirmed cases, followed by the territories of
Mahagi and Aru. Yet the day before, the
Congolese Head of State Félix Tshisekedi
announced the lifting of the state of health
emergency decreed last March, which implies
the resumption of several socio-economic
activities which had previously been stopped.
Schools and universities should open their
doors by the beginning of August, while the
contamination rate is only climbing in this
province, fear specialists. Provincial authorities
have made it compulsory to wear masks in
public places, but other measures to protect
the population from contamination should be
considered

Sylvestre Ilunga asks for explanation from Félix Tshisekedi on recent army promotions and assignments.

The Congolese Prime Minister claims that the presidential orders dealing with army reorganizations, including the elimination of General John Numbi, should have been co-signed by him. A new rise of tension within the ruling coalition.
Sylvestre Ilunga asked for a meeting with Félix Tshisekedi on Tuesday to ′′ clarify ′′ what he describes as a ′′ situation of concern ". The Congolese Prime Minister says in a statement to have read ′′ to his surprise ′′ the presidential orders on the Army appointments released on Friday.
The head of government, who was on the move to Lubumbashi on that day, explains that these orders were countersigned by the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior, Gilbert Kankonde Malamba, who was acting on his interim basis, while this ′′ falls under the control of the exclusive competence attached to the Prime Minister's quality ".
Iron arm FCC-Cach
Sylvestre Ilunga also insists that his counterseing is ′′ a guarantee of the balance of powers between the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister, who is the emanation of the National Assembly ".
Watermark of this unpublished public distance from the Prime Minister to a presidential decision, the arm's length between the Common Front for Congo (FCC, by Joseph Kabila) and the Coalition for Change (Cach, from Félix Tshisekedi): Sylvestre Ilunga, from the FCC, calls into question the legitimacy of the signing of Gilbert Kankonde Malamba, who is, he, from the UDPS (the party of Tshisekedi, member of the Cach).
The management of the FCC has shoved the nail, in a press release published in the wake of the Congolese Prime Minister, in which it believes that the Interior Minister should have settled for the ′′ handling of current affairs and not for signing ′′ Acts of high legal scope ". ′′ The FCC deduces that the drafts of these orders were prepared several months earlier, and that no emergency justified the contravention of an unauthorized temporary worker ".

DRS Sustainment Systems has won an almost $190 million US Army contract to manufacture the mobile integrated defeat system to guard ground forces against drone attacks

DRS Sustainment Systems has won an almost $190 million US Army contract to manufacture the mobile integrated defeat system to guard ground forces against drone attacks, the Department of Defence announced in a press release.
"DRS Sustainment Systems [of] St. Louis, Missouri, was awarded a $189,828,895 ... contract for development, production, deployment and support of the Mobile-Low, Slow, Small Unmanned Aircraft System Integrated Defeat System", the release said on Monday.
The Defence Department said work on the contract is scheduled to last for five years, with an estimated completion date of 30 July 2025.
At a US Navy surface warfare conference in January, Northrup Grumman engineer Kevin Knowles said his company was working on an airburst round compatible with certain US Navy surface ships’ 30-millimeter deck to develop new World War II-style 'flak' cannons to defend against swarming drone attacks with exploding shells ripping them with shrapnel steel.
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The UK's Navy has announced the formation of a new elite unit of the Royal Marines that will use "game-changing technology and weaponry" to operate in hot spots across the globe.

In June, a state-of-the-art uniform for Britain's Royal Marines was unveiled as part of the Ministry of Defence's Future Commando Force programme to modernise the branch.
The UK's Navy has announced the formation of a new elite unit of the Royal Marines that will use "game-changing technology and weaponry" to operate in hot spots across the globe.
In a press release on Monday , the Navy said that over 150 Royal Marines and Army Commandos are due to start training together this fall as part of the Vanguard Strike Company.
The joint training will come amid the implementation of the Royal Marine-related project, also known as the Future Commando Force programme, which the Navy said "will overhaul how the world-famous green berets operate".
The new unit, set to be deployed next year, is expected to operate in smaller, hi-tech groups, which will "give the UK a more agile and lethal capability, ready for missions anywhere in the world at a moment's notice", according to the Navy.
"This is about returning commando forces to their roots: to operate at reach and in all theatres, including the Arctic, as the spearhead of operations", the press release pointed out.
Commandant General Royal Marines, Major General Matt Holmes, for his part, touted the Vanguard Strike Company as a force that will be able "to operate and fight in a dynamic, technological era of warfare".
"We envisage several of these networked sub-units persistently forward deployed around the globe, with an array of sophisticated enabling capabilities, to present dilemmas to adversaries whilst supporting partners. These will all be at high-readiness, as a capable forward contingency force at the core of the Royal Navy's Littoral Response Groups", Holmes underscored.
The new strike force's formation follows last month's unveiling of sophisticated uniforms for the Royal Marines, as part of the Future Commando Force modernisation programme.
The US-made high-tech kit is 17-percent lighter, 60-percent faster-drying, and at least four times more breathable as compared to the previous uniform. The new kit's price tag reportedly stands at about £800 ($987).

UNC Bukavu sets plan for Peaceful March and Sit-In demonstrations in Support to Vital Kamerhe

The Union for the Congolese Nation (UNC) in the province of South Kivu, is hosting a peaceful march this Thursday, July 23, 2020, in the city of Bukavu.
In a letter to the Mayor of the city, the vital Kamerhe party indicates that it will also organize a sit-in on Friday, July 24, 2020, at the funu grounds in Kadutu.
These events are scheduled, in order to accompany the national president of this party; who appears this Friday in the 100-day trial, at the Kinshasa / Gombe Appeals Court.
′′ UNC is organizing a peaceful march and sit-in, to sympathize with our national president vital Kamerhe; in the so-called 100-day trial between him and the Public Prosecutor's Office; at the Kinshasa Gombe Court of Appeal. On July 23, 2020, peaceful march at 11 p. m from the party headquarters in the province, where a memorandum will be read and submitted. Friday, July 24, motorized caravan followed by a sit-in; which will start at 10 p.m. at the funu pitch, observance of the trial." say the source,also signed by Richard Bunani, Inter-Federal Secretary of UNC in South Kivu.
It should be noted that vital Kamerhe was sentenced on 20 June to 20 years of hard labour; by the TGI of Kinshasa / Gombe. His lawyers went on an appeal, and the next hearing is scheduled for Friday, July 24, 2020.

Josiah Obat replaces Cecilia piazza as head of new MONUSCO office in ITURI.Gorvenor of Ituri ,Jean bamanisa tasks him to end ADF-NALU insurgency in the province.

Last week,Monusco's brand new head  office in Ituri, Josiah Obat started his duties.
Following a meeting on Monday, July 20, 2020 with the provincial governor Jean Bamanisa Saïdi, this UN official reassured about the continued support of his institution for the stabilization of Ituri.
For this first official public activity, Mr. Obat was accompanied by the commander of the northern sector of Force Monusco, General Ali.
Various other topics were on the meeting's agenda, including the general security situation in the province, the launch of the DDR process in favor of the FRPI militia as well as the situation of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ituri having reached the number of 28 confirmed cases.
Governor Bamanisa did not fail to return to the challenges to be taken up in his jurisdiction to put an end to the insecurity caused by the multiple cases of incursions by CODECO, ADF-NALU and other Mai Mai groups in the territories. by Djugu, Mahagi and Irumu.
Also during their meeting, the head of the provincial executive called for an increase in the envelope for stabilization projects to cover the vast territories of Djugu and Mahagi.
The provincial authority hailed the role played by the UN mission in this region as well as its development efforts through the rehabilitation of certain roads.
Josiah Obat, who performed the same functions in Beni in North Kivu, replaces Cécilia Piazza, she will head the Monusco office in Beni.

General John Numbi is apparrently warning the Katangais and DRC: ′′ Don't push me into my character as a military discipline ′′

In his address to the Katangaise community, who came to comfort him, Tuesday, July 21th at his farm a few kilometers from Lubumbashi, General John Numbi says he is safe in ex-Katanga than being in Kinshasa.
Revelations that corroborate with reports that he refused the Prime Minister's request to return together last Sunday to the capital.
In front of the notables Katangais, including the governor of Haut-Katanga, General John Numbi has been concerned about the brutal disappearance of General Delphin Kahimbi found dead in his residence in Kinshasa. ′′ I lost a great comrade, Delphin Kahimbi ", he explained. ′′ Today, we shouldn't, with everything going on, people think the Katangais are weak ", added Numbi referring to the last set-up in the Army following the latest orders of the head of state Félix Tshisekedi.
In the face of what is told about him, General John Numbi has said that ′′ I must not be pushed into my character as a military discipline...John Numbi Banza Tambo does not seem to be happy with his replacement as Inspector General of FARDC which he held for two years under Joseph Kabila. He protested it this Tuesday, July 21 at a reception he organized for Katanga officials at his farm in Lubumbashi. He reveals that he was able to avoid bloodbath in the country thanks to the ′′ important role he played."
′′ I, your brother, played an important role in the peaceful passage of power in this country, it's not called treason. I prevented Congolese blood from flowing, it's not called betrayal.", did he address the notables he received.
Several times cited as the one who vitalizes Bakata Katanga militia led by Gideon Kyungu, former FARDC Inspector General replies:
′′ I asked all these young Bakata Katanga to stop and not to shed Congolese blood. And how do I have to be treated like this? Why this trap? Why this plot? Thank god im still alive. I remain sentinel of Congolese and Katangais in particular ", he says.
The sideline of Mr. Numbi was hailed by the NGO the Voice of the Without Voices which still accuses this official of the Congolese army of being author of the double assassination of his activists Floribert Chebeya and Faithful Bazana in June 2010. John Numbi was then number 1 of The Congolese National Police (PNC). Its gauge is mostly publicly greeted by the USA.