Washington supports Dr. Mukwege fighting impunity (Mike Hammer) 30/09/2020

United States of America ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mike Hammer, announces his country's support for the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize fight, Dr. Dénis Mukwege, in ′′ the fight against impunity and the search for justice ′′ on the massacres committed in Congo-Kinshasa.

He said it, on Tuesday, September 29, 2020, after his meeting with Dr. Mukwege at Panzi hospital in South Kivu city of Bukavu.

Mike Hammer also says he has talked to Mukwege about security issues in the country.

′′ It's an honor for me to have exchanged with Mukwege. We discussed the concerns of the population, including insecurity, the fight against impunity and corruption. It's really necessary to move justice forward to end the violence and the US is supporting this fight. The whole population needs justice. Dr. Mukwege is a treasure not only for the DRC but for the whole world as well ", he said.

This American diplomat stresses that a program to help women victims of sexual abuse will be put in place to enable them to return to normal life.

MONUSCO alerts to the worsening activities of armed groups and intercommunity violence in Tanganyika province

 

30 09, 2020

The United Nations Stabilization Organisation Mission in Congo (MONUSCO) announced on Wednesday, September 30, the worsening security situation in Tanganyika province, following characterized inter alia by the activism of the Mai-Mai Yakutumba armed groups and the May-May Apa na pale.

′′ In Tanganyika, the situation near Bendera continues to escalate due to armed groups activity and intercommunity violence. Maï-Maï Yakutumba and et-Maï Apa na Pale strengthen their presence on the Misisi-Lulimba axis, while Maï-Maï Kabeke seek control of mining sites south of Bendera. In this context of continuing violence, the force intensifies actions to prevent threats against the population, maintaining a robust and vigilant posture for rapid action in the various areas of responsibility ", said Military Spokesman of MONUSCO, Lieutenant Colonel Tabore Haidara Moctar.

Tanganyika province has been shaken by community violence between Bantu and Pygmy since mid-2016. According to official sources, at least 150 people have found during this violence.

Vincent Biruta: ′′ Reconciliation with the DRC cannot satisfy everyone"

 

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After Goma summit postponment, Rwandan Foreign Minister returns to the sometimes strained relations with Burundi, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. And evokes the mysterious arrest of Paul Rusesabagina, controversial hero of the film ′′ Hotel Rwanda ".

The coronavirus pandemic may have stopped most diplomatic activities, there are many cases in the countries of the Great Lakes region. If the Rwanda-Uganda mediation shows some signs of progress, Kigali-Bujumbura relations are still at a standstill, while the rapprochement with the Democratic Republic of Congo is challenged by some of the Congolese opinion.

The Goma Summit, which was scheduled to bring together the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Burundi, Uganda and Rwanda in September, at the invitation of President Felix Tshisekedi, was finally postponed sine die. He allegedly allowed the new Burundian head of state, Evariste Ndayishimiye, to make his first diplomatic exit and to meet his counterpart Paul Kagame for the first time, knowing that Rwanda-Burundi relations have been strained for more than five years.

Rwanda's Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta has agreed to answer Youth Africa's questions on these different topics and also on other issues that mark the news, starting with the arrest of Paul Rusesabagina, controversial hero of the movie Hotel Rwanda.

Youn africa:Since early September, Félix Tshisekedi has been trying to organize a summit in Goma. Is the distrust between neighbors too big?

Vincent Biruta: We don't care about anything or anyone. We are ready to argue with our neighbors, no matter the differences between us. This is the purpose of this kind of meeting. We also do not have any special problems with hosting this summit, but we must consider the Covid-19 context, which makes any physical meeting difficult. We will be willing to participate as soon as the conditions are met, but this will not be the case until next year starts.

A year ago President Tshisekedi proposed to form an integrated headquarters to fight armed groups in eastern DRC. Was this initiative abandoned?

By September 24, 2022, no counterfeit/fake mobile devices be operational in Congolese territory.

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https://acidicsecurity.blogspot.com/2020/01/fake-phonesillegal-simcards-and-un.html?m=1

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The Democratic Republic of Congo launched the Mobile Device Registry (RAM) on September 24 This is a central mobile terminal database that certifies device compliance from International Mobile Equipment Identity Number (IMEI).

RAM is a system of checking mobile device compliance with standards defined by the Association of Mobile Telephone Network Operators (GSMA) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on the basis of the IMEI number, block access to national network of any stolen or lost mobile device and to fight counterfeiting via disconnection of networks of any mobile device recognized as non-compliant by RAM.

As of September 24, 2022, no more counterfeit devices will be operational in Congolese territory, reassured the authorities.

Systems adopted around the world (EIR, CEIR, RAM), based on authenticating a unique identifier (IMEI number), are addressing the problem of counterfeiting. The mobile device registration system is actually a measure taken by national authorities as well as regional and international bodies to prevent the import of products of poor quality and dubious origin that do not meet the required technical standards.

To better understand this government initiative, discover RAM in 10 points: Fight against theft With RAM, the ROC flight rate will decline significantly as any aircraft reportedly stolen (or lost) will now be blocked and therefore unusable ...

Fighting counterfeiting With a ability to recognize the real of fake through mobile registration, RAM identifies counterfeit devices and aims to eliminate them from the market.

Protecting health RAM protects the Congolese people by fighting against counterfeit devices whose composition of toxic chemicals (such as lead) in uncontrolled proportions seriously harms health.

Safeguarding physical and personal data By reducing theft of mobile devices, RAM protects potential victims of physical and moral assault if abductors blackmail them about their found personal data.

Verify Mobile Device Compliance RAM has the ability to certify the compliance of any equipment connected to mobile networks with the International Mobile Equipment Identity Number (IMEI) and the standards defined by GSMA and ITU.

Check Device Status By visiting

www.ram.cd or texting the IMEI, RAM identifies an original or counterfeit device, specifies the payment status of the certification fee and whether a device is blocked due to a robbery or something.

Declaring Multi-SIM Device RAM provides multi-Sim device users with the ability to declare their terminal to pay certification fees from a single account.

Checking his payments from RAM, no matter the operator, the user can check the status of his certification payments.

Block a device Grace to RAM, the owner of a stolen or lost mobile device can request to block his device. It is through the operator that this request should take place. Blocking an IMEI number, the phone is no longer functional.

Unlocking their mobile device With RAM, the owner of a mobile device can request to unlock their device by notifying their IMEI to their operator who will request unlocking to RAM.

RAM makes its service available to users through operators. Accordingly, it is recommended to contact the network operator responsible for connecting his device for any information or to go to the website:

www.ram.cd

46 people including 5 law enforcement personnel's arrested in bunia in an operation done today

 An operation was organized early in the morning of Tuesday, September 29, 2020 on Fichama and Nyamaragi avenues in the Kindia district, in the commune of Nyakasanza in the town of Bunia, capital of the province of Ituri. It is a joint operation of the Congolese national police "PNC" and the Congolese army (FARDC). The police spokesperson in Ituri says that 46 people including 5 law enforcement officers were arrested during the said operation, several weapons were seized including 51 machetes and a spear, a tear gas grenade, two loaded magazines , as well as military effects. "The results of this closure are as follows: 41 civilians, 2 police officers and 3 soldiers were arrested. Several objects were seized, namely 51 machetes, a pair of boots, two loaded magazines, a tear gas grenade, a pair of police outfits and a spear, ”revealed Chief Commissioner Roger Tibasima in a message posted on social networks. He indicates that this closure, the objective of which is to strengthen security in the town of Bunia, will continue in other areas of the town. It should be noted that on September 4, the CODECO militiamen based in Ezekere entered the town of Bunia by these two avenues in which the closure was organized.

The facilitators of the municipality of Minembwe installed in the presence of Minister Ruberwa, finally Ruberwa has his Rwandan town in the Democratic Republic of Congo!

The provincial Minister of Interior, Security, Decentralization and Customary Affairs Mr. Lwabandji Lwasi Ngabo officially installed on Monday, September 28, 2020, the facilitators of the Rural Municipality of Minembwe in Fizi, South Kivu.

The installation was done with a strong political-military delegation in Minembwe. It consists of the Ministers of Defense and Decentralization Azarias Ruberwa, the Chief of Staff of the Congolese Army, the Governor of South Kivu, several national deputies and several other army officers.

This team with the cities of Baraka, Uvira and Kamituga had been named since the beginning of 2019.

While the hosts of these cities were already in office, so only those of the Minembwe municipality, which has been unstable for several years with the activism of domestic and foreign armed groups. Other rural communes created have never received any facilitators.

Several leaders in the Banyamulenge community hope, for example, that this facility will come to an end the situation of permanent insecurity for the past two years.

′′ The population of this long abandoned area, hope to be relieved by these high-ranking men. And wants them a lasting peace ", hope Aimable Mwungura, a young person from this community living in Bukavu.

On the other hand, Manassé Müller Ruhimbika, former provincial minister, is hoping development activities can now begin.

′′ Finally the facilitators of the rural Municipality of Minembwe officially installed. That's what looks good. The Municipality can now start its development activities he says on Whatsapp social network.

One of the sources of instability in the region

The erection of Minembwe as Municipality does not unanimously. Several socio-political actors and independent organizations identify the new Municipality of Minembwe as one of the causes of armed conflict in the region.

In his ′′ nota bene ′′ of November 8, 2019 consulted by Laprunellerdc. info, Protestant human rights organization ′′ Heirs of Justice ′′ has returned to what it calls ′′ the underneath of recurring armed conflict maps in the high and medium plateaux of Minembwe and Bijombo in South Kivu province ′′

′′ The Banyamulenge community's determination to see the state set up the town of Minembwe as a self-contained entity and to get the head of the customary entity of the Bijombo group in contempt of opposition from neighboring communities. The municipality of Minembwe, created by the same Decree of the Prime Minister conferring city and communal status on certain cities in South Kivu province, including Misisi, Kiliba, Sange, Luvungi, Kamanyola, Nyangezi, Kavumu, Nyabibwe, Minova, etc., would, unlike others, be the only one with a Mayor appointed by a presidential order signed by the former Head of State before his term ended in December 2018., wrote ′′ Heirs of Justice ′′ like 4 nd cause of instability.

In October 2019, the Babembe community had presented prerequisites that must be respected before any dialogue in this part of the province.

After brushing over the history of this conflict in the highlands of Fizi-Itombwe, the community of Babembe said they wanted indigenous people to be reassured, inter alia, by ′′ abolishing the frustrating provisions of the decree creating the municipality of Minembwe, change of mono commanders - ethnic groups of fractional troops in Fizi territory"

Have you already downloaded president Museveni's app called Mzee NALO

 

President Yoweri Museveni has launched a new and exciting app code named Mzee NALO that will be dedicated to show casing Ugandans development and achievements under his leadership of and the National Resistance Movement NRM party.