Tshisekedi and Museveni decided to extend the duration of operation

 Evaluation work on the third phase of joint FARDC-UPDF operations in the Beni region and part of the province of Ituri, in the East, concluded this Friday, September 29 at Fort Portal in Uganda. of the Democratic Republic of Congo. At the end of these meetings, it was decided to continue these operations in the two regions, shaken by the increased activism of the terrorists of the Allied Democratic Forces, ADF/MTM who continue to mourn the populations of this country. According to a dispatch from Captain Antony Mwalushayi, numerous strategies have been put in place for the joint hunt for terrorists in the territories of both the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, where they operate. A joint communiqué was signed by three generals including Major General Kasongo Maloba of the Sokola 1 Grand-Nord operational sector, Major General Nyembo Abdallah of the operational sector in Ituri and Major General Dick Olum, commander of the mountain division of the Ugandan army and deputy commander of FARDC-UPDF joint operations. This extension was decided by Presidents Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi of the DRC and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, in accordance with the bilateral memorandum of standby and the status of agreement of the Forces.

A rocket blast in a stadium in Goma

 

A rocket from weapon RPG 7 held by an element of FARDC on board a Military Jeep at the roundabout commonly called INSTIGO , inadvertently released after the vehicle jumped

On Pavement . The rocket that fell at the Unity stadium caused 12 injuries, including 11 civilians and the soldier holding the weapon. All these injured aretaken care of at the Provincial Hospital where, unfortunately, one has just succumbed to his injuries." 

"It is brought to the attention of the population of the city of Goma, that this Thursday, September 28, 2023 at around 4 p.m., a Rocket from the RPG 7 weapon held by an element of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo on board a Military Jeep at the roundabout commonly called INSTIGO, inadvertently released after the vehicle tilted On Pavement.The Rocket that fell at the Unity stadium caused 12 injuries, including 11 civilians and the soldier holding the weapon. All these injured aretaken care of at the Provincial Hospital where, unfortunately, one has just succumbed to his injuries. To do this, the Ad Interim Military Governor of the Province of North Kivu, Major General CIRIMWAMI NKUBA Peter presents his compassion and appeal to the population for calm", official version in this press release .

Two bomb explosions in Dhusamareb

 Alshabaab  claims responsibility for two suicide attacks targeting Dhusamareb town, where president HSM had set up a temporary base to encourage the military offensive against the group. Alshabaab said one of the attacks hit the presidential palace of the town.

These two car explosions reported in Dhusamareb on Thursday morning. 

State television reports security forces foiled a suicide attack targeting a security checkpoint. 

Al Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack. Casualties unknown.

Major general Kasongo Maloba Robert and Major general Nyembo Abdallah of FARDC meet Major General Dick Olum of UPDF to evaluate the ongoing joint military operations

 The Commander of the operational sector SOKOLA 1 Great Nord Major General KASONGO MALOBA Robert and his colleague from the operational sector ITURI Major General NYEMBO Abdallah, arrived this Wednesday, September 27, 23, in the town of Fort portal in the district of Kabarole in the Republic of 'Uganda.

Objective, to evaluate the ongoing military operations carried out jointly between FARDC and UPDF, in the BENI region in North Kivu and in part of the province of Ituri. After the military honors, the SOKOLA 1 Great Nord operational sector commander and his entourage had a tête-à-tête with Major General Dick OLUM, commander of the mountain division.

The m23 reoccupies some zones it has vacated

 "The M23 rebels have reoccupied localities formerly abandoned as part of the ceasefire. These are the hills of KIBARIZO, KABALEKASHA, KIRUMBU BUKOMBO, RUGOGWE, BUSUMBA and BURUNGU in MASISI Territory, the hill of RUHUNDA in KIBUMBA in NYIRAGONGO territory. They tried to settle on the ridge of Kanyamahoro in Kibumba near Goma, going so far as to place the Kenyan contingent of the EAC behind their lines. It was necessary the pressure from the FARDC and the dissuasion of the regional force so that the latter withdraw", 

Uganda shifting boundaries ,stealing the Democratic Republic of Congo land,Claims the congolese locals?

 

The population of the Busanza group, Rutshuru territory, under occupation by the M23, alerted on Tuesday September 26 about the annexation of part of their land by Uganda. According to local sources, the annexed part is located in the village Mungo, near Bunagana. The same sources speak of an operation to demarcate the border limits in progress, for several weeks, between Bunagana and Musezero hill. Last weekend, a Ugandan delegation began placing new markers in the Congolese part. These Ugandans have gone about three kilometers deeper into the DRC, these residents explain. Already hostages to the M23 rebels, these populations no longer have access to their fields, after this part became Ugandan. Provincial deputy Emmanuel Ngaruye invited the government to inquire into this situation: “We ask the Congolese government to be able to urgently free the entities occupied by the aggressors. And that these bad decisions be corrected, in particular, the border boundaries moved by the Ugandan authorities.” Similar allegations are already being made in the neighboring Binza groupement, Rutshuru territory where border boundaries are already being moved by neighboring Uganda.

The claimed shifting of the boundaries which separate DRC and Uganda is also blamed on  rebels of M23 whom they claim are in accomplice with Uganda,and  are at the same time claiming UPDF is pro M23 ,M23 are  installing customary chiefs in the territory of Nyiragongo north of the town of Goma .Mwami Makombe Kiribahuma denounces  this in his letter as indicated in the photos.

On the same case of shifting boundaries,in a conversation on 24/09/2023 with one local inhabitant.

Case of moving the boundary markers on the border between the DRC and Uganda. Residents who are now prohibited from accessing their fields  . They ask Kinshasa to react before the worst happens.

In need to confirm this, this evening I had to go visit mungo via Gihuranda ,by passed Rukundo town council then crossed nkanka  and As i write iam on the ground,Mungo is the birth place of my geat grandmother(all my paternal family lineage is in DRC,with one of the family of my great grandfather still in congo),it is just a few meters from the site where Uganda through DOTT company is constructing an industrial park ,and near the river of Nkanka ,me on the ground and Claims by locals on ground  of being stopped  by the rebels of M23 from accessing their fields in the village of Mungo located a few meters from Bunagana and the hill of Musezero in the territory of Rutshuru , a village whose the large part is claimed to have been annexed to Uganda after shifting the boundaries according to local civil society. The population who are victims of this dispossession want to file a complaint so that their land can be returned.

Words from One of the inhabitants;

"I have 8 children since my father gave me this part. For several years all the old people of this village have known that the limit between the uganda and the DRC is well known. Unfortunately, the M23 which says is coming to save us and gives our land, instead theyhave given part of our country, the DRC, to their Ugandan allies who are only there to plunder us,” confides one of the claiming victims.

I and my good friend are still traversing the whole of this border stretch from mungo to kitagoma to confirm if this claim is true!!! Tomorrow we will get you more.

Nihil Nov Sub Sol

Rebels of #M23 insist on dialogue with #Kinshasa . However, they continue to deploy them in the buffer zones

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"Dialogue being the only pillar supporting the process, Kinshasa takes the fatal risk of shaking the entire peace process and reducing to nothing all the efforts made by the heads of state of the EAC and the international community for the restoration of peace in the DRC", notes bisimwa , President of the March 23 movement.

For two weeks, the M23 has been holding meetings in the hope of rallying the population to its cause and turning its back on Kinshasa.

Since last weekend, they have strengthened themselves in the groups of #Kibumba and #Buhumba in the territory of #Nyiragongo north of the city of Goma.

“Nyundo hill in the Buhumba grouping was reoccupied by elements of the M23 who are also visible up to kibumba in nyiragongo territory" claims the locals.