The State decided to evacuate the population of Goma and Nyiragongo without any help. The well off left for Bukavu and expatriates for Rwanda. Most of the poulation that made an exodus to Sake, don't have acess to government support. Experts from the Goma Volcanological Observatory (OVG) presented new data on the current situation of... Continue Reading →
CLASHES BETWEEN FARDC AND RAIYA MUTOMBOKI MILITIA, LEAVE MANY DEAD
Many deaths are reported in Kalehe, South Kivu following clashes between the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, FARDC and Raiya Mutomboki Militia on Sunday, April 4, 2021. According to Delphin Birimbi, Chairman of the Kalehe Civil Society Territorial Concertation Framework, at least 2 soldiers including Colonel Bahati were killed by Raiya Mutomboki... Continue Reading →
COLONEL CHARLES SEMATAMA, DESERTES THE CONGOLESE NATIONAL ARMY
Colonel Charles Sematama, commander of the 3411th regiment of the FARDC based in Kitchanga (Masisi territory, North Kivu), deserted, according to several sources within the FARDC. It's Very likely would have joined another deserter Colonel Rukunda Makanika at Minembwe. The leader of the self-defence militia Twirwaneho ,Colonel Makanika Rukunda, confirmed to having received at his... Continue Reading →
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MINEMBWE AS A COMMUNE IN SOUTH KIVU
In a declaration, the Lay Coordination Committee, reacting to the establishment of the Municipality of Minembwe, in South Kivu, calls on the Congolese people to remain vigilant in the face of what 'he calls a new challenge and a new provocation. Therefore, the CLC asks the Government, the suspension, all cases ceasing, of the provision... Continue Reading →
Rwandans are fraudulently crossing to DRC during the Coronavirus Pandemic
Several Rwandan subjects fraudulently cross the borders between Rwanda and the DRC on the side of the province of South Kivu for trade reasons. These subjects being mainly cattle sellers that infiltrate via the Ruzizi river and others across the coast of Lake Kivu. This alert was confirmed by Rigobert Bamba, president of the union... Continue Reading →
AFTER THEIR SURRENDER, NYATURA REBELS RETURN TO THE BUSH
The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, command of South Kivu and Maniema, denounce a “political manipulation”, which would have pushed 120 Nyatura rebels to return to the bush in Kalele after their surrender. According to Captain Dieudonné Kasereka, one of the army’s spokespersons in South Kivu, these Nyatura rebels have been cheated... Continue Reading →
Congolese National Police carry out Operations in Bukavu
Forty-two people were arrested, including two foreign subjects following a closure operation organised by the Congolese National Police in collaboration with the Armed Forces of the Republic FARDC, the National Intelligence Agency and Directorate General of Migration DGM . The operation was organised on the night of Thursday to Friday, January 24, 2020 on Buholo... Continue Reading →
THE FLN COMMANDER, LT GEN WILSON IRATEGEKA IS DEAD
Lt Gen Laurent Ndagijimana, alias Wilson Irategeka or Rumbago, the political chief of the combatants of the National Council for the Democratic Renewal (CNRD) would have died from his injuries. In any case, this is what the concordant sources say in Mwenga in the south of the Province of South Kivu. Its very true, everything... Continue Reading →
RAIYA MUTOMBOKI MILITIAS CAUSE HAVOC IN SOUTH KIVU
The Mai-Mai Militias of Raiya Mutomboki attacked and looted the sub-village of Cineke in Kalehe territory, South Kivu. According to local civil society, the incident took place on the night of Friday January 10 to Saturday January 11, 2020. The Cineke sub-village was attacked and looted by a group of Raiya Mutomboki from Nindja. This... Continue Reading →
Colonel Michel Rukunda deserts DRC Armed Forces
Colonel Michel Rukunda, who was second in command of the DRC Armed Forces in the Walikale sector in North Kivu province, reportedly defected to join the rebel group "Ngumino", which operates mainly in Fizi and Minembwe in the province of South Kivu . The Military sources say he will now be considered an "enemy of... Continue Reading →
Rwandan Rebel Leader of FLN Badly injured
The Rebel Leader of FLN (Front de Libération Nationale) , a Rwandan Rebel outfit-Gen.Wilson Irategeka was yesterday badly injured and unable to walk. He was being carried on the back by his escorts. He was shot with an arrow by a Mai Mai (local defence) activist at Ninja in Fizi , South Kivu. This was... Continue Reading →
