M23 rebels burn the cantonment site of ex-combatants of Kasando in Lubero territory.

 

According to Kambale Kinyali Yuston, head of the P-DRRCS branch in Butembo-Lubero, the M23 rebels set fire to 7 tents offered by MONUSCO as well as plank houses which were erected there to accommodate the militiamen who surrendered to the FARDC in the framework of the P-DDRCS.

At the entrance to the M23 in Kirumba, was already occupied by the FARDC after the 287 ex-combatants who were supervised there were deployed in the areas intended for the community works of the project.

"Yes, the Kasando site was burned, but there were no more ex-combatants. They are all in the reintegration process, financed by the coherence fund of the United Nations Stabilization Support Unit, executing agency HEKS HEPER", specified Clovis Munihire, provincial coordinator of PDDRC-S in North Kivu

FRIVAO (. Fund for Reparation and Compensation for Victims of Uganda's Armed Activities) seeks accreditation of the accounts of the victims of the war in kisangani

 

The Special Fund for Reparation and Compensation for Victims of Uganda's Armed Activities in the DRC (FRIVAO) announced, Saturday July 6 in Kisangani, the accreditation of the accounts of the first wave of victims in the process of their compensation. But the secretary rapporteur of FRIVAO, Mimy Mopunga, regrets the fact that certain people who accompanied the victims seek to interfere in matters that do not directly concern them. He asks them to let eligible victims receive their compensation in complete peace of mind: “They of course supported the victims for 23 years so that they were compensated. Now we must give victims time to calmly receive their compensation. There is no reason to exist, to still create mass movements, demands.” As for “supposed victims” who feel wronged, she recommends that they contact FRIVAO. “The decree says that we must only pay the real victims. We still open a door for those who think their file was wrongly rejected. They just have to lodge the appeal, their file is there, it’s not in front of the OPJ, it’s in front of the FRIVAO agents…”. The FRIVAO also asks victims summoned either by the bank or by its services to come forward in order to provide certain useful information relating to their files. Audit carried out Furthermore, the Minister of State, Minister of Justice and Minister of Justice, Constant Mutamba, suspended the debit movements of the FRIVAO account opened in the Rawbank books. According to the ministry's press release dated Saturday July 6, this decision remains in force, pending the final audit carried out by the IGF on the activities of FRIVAO.

Over 50 houses burnt down in bukavu

 Around fifty houses were burned again on Saturday July 6 in three different neighborhoods in the communes of Kadutu and Ibanda in Bukavu (South Kivu). The tragedy broke out in Ibanda first in the Ndendere district and then in the Nkafu and Kasali districts in the Kadutu commune. The provisional report shows one person injured during their attempt to put out the fire. The number of burned houses is around fifty in total, according to local sources. These cases of recurring fires in the city of Bukavu are beyond imagination. Often, they burn down entire avenues. Some cite the problem of uncontrolled construction as the cause, but still others develop the hypothesis of arson.

M23/AFC complains of Kinshasha breaking the agreed humanitarian truce requested by the USA

 VIOLATION OF THE HUMANITARIAN TRUCE BY THE KINSHASA REGIME

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At this time, civilian populations and all our positions are attacked by the coalition forces of the Kinshasa regime, including the FARDC, FDLR, mercenaries, Wazalendo militias, ADF, the Burundi National Defense Forces and the SADC Forces. in Matembe, about 12 km from Kaseghe.

While the AFC/M23 respects the humanitarian truce requested by the United States of America, these forces have decided to violate for the umpteenth time this noble initiative aimed at helping humanitarians and internally displaced people.

We call the region, the national and international community as well as that of humanitarians to witness this umpteenth violation of the Kinshasa regime, which is taking advantage of our respect for the truce to attack us and bomb densely populated areas.

DRC's deputy minister in charge of foreign affairs meets with his Rwandan counterpart in Zanzibar to discuss peace in north kivu

 There was Direct engagement and frank discussion this morning in Zanzibar between DRC's Deputy Foreign Minister Hon Gracia Yamba and his Rwandan counterpart ,and facilitated by Tanzania and South Sudan, the two co-chairs of the EAC Ministerial Retreat, in the presence of Ministers from Uganda and Kenya, and that of the Deputy Secretary General in charge of political affairs.

The meeting took place in a constructive and solution-oriented spirit, and the ministers of the two neighbouring countries, who demonstrated good will, underscored the need for a political solution to the crisis in eastern DRC. In this regard, concrete decisions were taken to reinvigorate Luanda and Nairobi peace processes.

M23/AFC leadership triumphantly received in Kanyabayonga an kirumba as Naanga vows to crush the ADF who have been terrorizing Beni, Lubero and ituri

There was  jubilation in Kirumba and Kanyabayonga in what is regarded a historic communion between the Coordinator of the Congo River Alliance (AFC) and the inhabitants of these two recently liberated communes. CORNEILLE NANGAA, bearer of a message of hope, promised a relentless fight against the terrorists MTM and ADF/NALU, responsible for tragic massacres in the Territories of Lubero and Beni. The fervor of the people is palpable, and their massive support for the AFC is reflected in mass support for the Congolese Revolutionary Army (ARC). A new era of determination and unity is dawning for these communities, long in search of peace and justice.According to our intelligence and confidant sources operating inthe great north of north Kivu,and those who were present in these meeting ,confirm a currently changed political direction and political moves by the M23/AFC.Our confidant says "by looking at the multitude of the people who were present,there is no doubt that ,the advent of Naanga has lead to improvement in the political and civil image of these rebels.

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Official press release from the Congo River Alliance (AFC) in connection with the press release from Mrs. Adrienne Watson, spokesperson for the National Security Council of the United States of America of July 4, 2024.