CODECO killed 5 again in the Donato village of Agonema groupment territory of Djugu of iturit

CODECO attackers signed a new attack which left five dead on Thursday, July 23, 2020 afternoon in the Donato village of the Agonema group in the Banyali-Kilo sector in the territory of Djugu. “The incident started around 3 pm in Donato where the assailants who passed through Kaba-kaba and who wanted to operate in Itendey shot dead 5 people among the inhabitants of Donato. Now, since everyone has fled, so the results are still provisional ”says our source,who also indicates that two men, two women and a child are among the victims of this surprise attack which caused a massive displacement of the population towards the surrounding localities. FARDC soldiers who arrived at the scene repelled the attack, adds our source, who denounces the small number of loyalist forces to ensure the safety of the population. It should be noted that the Banyali-Kilo sector is currently the target of attacks by the CODECO militia. On Monday and Tuesday, July 21, these same assailants killed at least nine civilians with machetes in the town of Mayolo.

Another alleged clash between m23 and FARDC in rugari

Violent clashes are reported again in Rutshuru territory more precisely in Rugari grouping on Thursday, July 23, 2020, between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) and alleged M23 who have been reported in this area since a few days already. This Thursday, the population of the Rugari group(groupment), located about thirty kilometers north of the city of Goma, woke up in a strong fear that would be due to the presence of the alleged elements of the movement of March 23 (M23) which is confront with the army in this area. Sources of the Civil Society in the Rugari group indicate that a massive displacement of the population of this entity, leaving their villages towards Kanyarucinya more or less 5 kilometers from Rugari in Nyiragongo territory. Others would also have taken the road to Goma-Rutshuru where they took refuge. Other sources contacted;let's know that there are two operational armed groups in the area that have been facing each other since the morning in Virunga National Park where heavy and light weapons fired at Ruhanga, Ngugo, and Kikeri about 6 kilometers away from Rugari ready from Mikeno and Bukima. These same sources report that many inhabitants of the Rugari group have moved to the parish of Rugari for their safety. The inhabitants of this area are shouting an alarm to the administrative and military authorities to do everything to restore peace and security. At the same time, they call for the strengthening of security elements so that peace is a reality in this part of the province. As a reminder, it has been since this Monday, July 20th that clashes have been reported between FARDC and alleged M23 rebels in Rutshuru territory. Hard to get any balance sheet. The M23 has denied any confrontation but recognizes that its elements are in Rutshuru awaiting implementation of the Nairobi agreements.

The Pentagon awarded defence giant Raytheon hundreds of millions of dollars build the AN/SPY-6(V), a long-range next-generation class of 3D radar arrays said to be capable of exo-atmospheric detection, tracking and discrimination of ballistic missiles and other air and surface threats.

The Pentagon awarded defence giant Raytheon hundreds of millions of dollars build the AN/SPY-6(V), a long-range next-generation class of 3D radar arrays said to be capable of exo-atmospheric detection, tracking and discrimination of ballistic missiles and other air and surface threats.
Raytheon’s missiles and defence division has delivered its first AN/SPY-6(V)1 radar array system to the Navy to be installed aboard the USS Jack H. Lucas, the under-construction Arleigh Burke-class Flight III guided-missile destroyer, the company has announced.
“SPY-6 will change how the Navy conducts surface fleet operations,” Captain Jason Hall, Navy Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems above water sensors program director said in a statement.
“Our ships will be able to see farther, react quicker and defend against threats in a way we couldn’t before,” Hall added.

The modular 4.25x4.25 meter array, expected to be deployed aboard as many as seven different types of US warships in the future, was delivered to the Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, one of the US shipyards building the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, earlier this week.
Raytheon promised that the first array will be followed up by “a steady stream of SPY-6 array deliveries”, and that the radar will help defend US warships against enemy drones, missiles, planes and unmanned vessels.
The USS Jack H. Lucas warship aboard which the radar is expected to be mounted is expected to be commissioned in 2023.
The AN/SPY-6(V) has been touted as the US Navy’s next-gen air and missile defence radar system, with the Navy promising to upgrade destroyers with the system as part of a comprehensive effort to reequip ships to keep up with Russian and Chinese hypersonic developments. The company is said to be have at least four separate variants of the radar. The system operates in S-band, and is said to be capable of tracking over 30 times the number of targets as the existing AN/SPY-1 radar installed aboard many US warships. That system was first introduced in the 1970s, and has received several upgrades over the years.

SADC delegation in Moliro to resolve the DRC-Zambia border crisis

A SADC delegation has been staying since Wednesday, July 22 in Moliro, located more than 350 km south-east of Moba (Tanganyika).
This delegation, composed of 15 members including civilian and military experts, will remain there for a week to resolve the crisis at the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia, according to the leader of the Moliro Grouping, in Moba territory ...
These experts who received the logistical support of Monusco, transited to Lubumbashi and spent the night of Tuesday, 21 July in Kalemie to leave the next day on Moliro.
The SADC Mission will have to visit Kibanga, Kalubamba, Moliro and Pweto, 4 localities on the Congolese side and Tshibanga, Tshimpunda and Musosa, 3 other localities on the Zambian side.
The SADC Delegation is coming to settle the crisis that broke out in March 2020 between the DRC and Zambia at the border of Moliro. Both countries have managed to deploy men and military equipment to the ready-to-go area.

Bertrand Bisimwa: ′′ M23 ex-fighters have never taken any fight initiative and do not intend to take it ′′

For him, there has never been a clash between FARDC and M23 in the Rutshuru. He accuses FARDC of taking summation shots to deter a potential enemy after fear ′′ made on social media ".
′′ Our ex-fighters are indeed in Rutshuru territory. Not to fight anyone less yet their FARDC brothers ", says Bertrand Bisimwa.
The President of the Movement of March 23 (M23), Bertrand Bisimwa announces it as several sources report clashes between its elements and FARDC in two territories in North Kivu.
According to Bertrand Bisimwa, if the M23 are in Rutshuru, it is because, first it is their country, then they are waiting like everyone else for the implementation of the peace agreements signed in Nairobi on 12 December 2013.
For him, there has never been a clutch between FARDC and M23 in the Rutshuru. He accuses FARDC of taking summation shots to deter a potential enemy after fear ′′ made on social media ".
′′ Ex-M23 fighters have never taken any combat initiative and will not take it. What happened yesterday in Rutshuru is the result of fear made on social media that led the FARD to take summation shots to mark their presence and deter a potential enemy. So there was nowhere in Rutshuru neither clashes nor fighting between FARDC and ex-M23 fighters ", he says.
Accused of collaborating with Codeco militia in Ituri, Bertrand Bisimwa, of M23 rejects all charges.
He calls not to manipulate opinion at the risk of ′′ causing the confusion that would lead to chaos ". Bertrand Bisimwa also says wait for Tshisekedi to implement the peace agreements.
′′ Our countrymen must stop manipulating opinion at the risk of causing a situation of confusion that would lead to chaos and the loss of human lives. We support the Head of State and remain convinced that he will be able to implement peace agreements to permanently bring peace back to the east of the country so that finally this part of the country begins its development and the development of its inhabitants ′′ says he.
This exit of Bertrand Bisimwa arrives as concordant sources reported clashes between his M23 fighters and the FARDC first at the village Bikenge, locality of Bugina, Kisigari group in the chiefdom of Bwisha on the edge with Virunga National Park on Tuesday July 21th and in Chanzu (Bunagana) this Wednesday, July 22th, still in Rutshuru territory.

Civilians alert DRC government of a rebellion in Rutshuru and nyirigongo...Please do not ask me if m23 attacked FARDC sections..just read!

The provincial coordination of civil society in
North Kivu, in an interview this Wednesday,
July 22, 2020, alerted to the reorganization
of the rebellion of the movement of March
23 (M23) in the territories of Rutshuru and
Nyiragongo, located in the northern part of
Goma city.
Edgar Katembo Mateso, first Vice-President
of the coordination, explains that the
presence of this rebellion has been reported
in these regions for almost a week. He also
claims that belligerents are becoming
increasingly threatening.
′′ It has been a week that we have been
getting alerts from Rutshuru and Nyiragongo
on a possible March 23 movement
reorganization (M23), and that this
movement is starting to be threatening,
while maintaining its action on ADF in Beni
and Ituri ", he said.
Last Tuesday, the Kivu Security Barometer
(KST) reported an attack by alleged M23
rebels against a position of the Armed
Forces of the Democratic Republic of the
Congo (FARDC) in the village Binkenke, in
Bwisha chiefdom, in Rutshuru territory near
Virunga National Park.
The provincial coordination of civil society
states, for its part, that the balance sheet of
these clashes would be heavy, given the
loss of human life in the rebels as well as in
the army.
Meanwhile, the Armed Forces of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC),
through its spokesperson, Guillaume Ndjike
Kaiko, have confirmed the information.
However, he promised to pronounce himself
this Wednesday for details.
One local leader in Rutshuru laments"′′ History will remember that the M23 rebellion has just been reborn under the blessing of President Félix Tshilombo, I witness the populations of Rutshuru and Nyiragongo who kept alerting about a presence of the Rwandan army on our soil.".They believe tshisekede  is not serious with various  alerts of Rwandan army in north kivu and instead he keeps dinning with  the Rwandan authorities  whom this local leader says are buying  time to create chaos again.

Are CODECO militiamen in Ituri in close ties with ADF?

Codeco militia have occupied several groups
in the Mukambo chiefdom (Mahagi territory).
This is the Tuesday, July 21th alert from
local civil society. According to the same
source, this occupation dates back to
several months and allowed militia to
develop commercial activities in the region.
The militias, civil society, have established a
chain for the production and sale of palm oil
and woods to ensure their care.
′′ We are deploring this gravity of things.
Codeco militia have done everything to
occupy the Masongwa, Are, Ruvinga and
Muswa groups with a well-defined mission of
producing palm oil and wood. They are now
carrying out these activities calmly in the
locality of Kasingwa ", said, Solomon Unega,
president of civil society of Mukambo
Chiefdom.
The sale of the products exploited would
take place in some shopping centres in the
Djugu territory, including Kpandroma but also
in Uganda via Lake Albert.
′′ At the moment, they have accomplices
who come from the villages near Djugu to
collect the goods, so oil cans and go sell
them in large centres including Kpandroma.
That's why the section between Kaswiwa
and Kpandroma is under control of these
militia. This is to secure these accomplices
in order to make their markets well. You
have to make a simple observation in the
markets of border villages you will find that
palm oil has even experienced a price drop.
The second lane is traffic to Uganda. These
militia pass through the village Nyamonda by
Lake Albert.
We have repeatedly suspected night boats
on this part of the lake. We always wonder,
even fishermen alerted us to this. There
have been some specialized service officers
who are also complicit in facilitating traffic
at this level. These militias are now living
well at the expense of the punishable
citizens they hunted and killed there ",
explained Mr. Unega.
A few months ago, the government
suspected an complicity between Codeco
militia and ′′ some Ugandan rebels."
Civil society claims to have communicated
this situation to the authorities. ′′ We will not
accept that the population suffers while
these militia exploit our riches. The
Congolese state is already seized. We gave
an ultimatum of one week to use all means
to dislodge these militia from there. On the
contrary, we will suspend the payment of all
taxes. We need to deploy a large military
force to dislodge these militia from Codeco
", concludes the president of civil society of
Chief Mukambo.
Last January, national deputy Daniel Uma,
elected from Mahagi territory, reported the
presence of militia in the Theerali village
(Mahagi territory) where they sent
correspondence to some leaders of the
groupings, including Ruvinga, Musongwa and
Are in which they required them to
contribute weekly by food and not food for
their survival.
Three months later, in April, Mahagi elected
provincial deputy André Waroom, claimed
that these militia had occupied ten
localities. ′′ In Ang ' all's chiefdom, they
occupy Talitali, Ndimalo, Nyaleka villages. In
Walendu Waysi's chiefdom, they entered
Kambala, Gulu, Njala. The third chiefdom is
Panduru's where these assailants make the
law in Katanga and Nyaleka. ", he
enumerated.