by Joram Jojo | Jan 27, 2020 | Conflict, Congo
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...
by Joram Jojo | Jan 21, 2020 | Conflict, Congo
The region of Beni in North Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been experiencing a rare calm in recent weeks. According to the accounts of the local civil society , it has been 20 days now that the city and the territory of Beni has not recorded...
by Joram Jojo | Apr 6, 2021 | Conflict
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...
by Joram Jojo | Apr 30, 2020 | Conflict, Congo
Lieutenant Colonel Museme Festus was reportedly captured with 22 of his fighters in clashes between the FARDC and Rwandan Hutu rebels of FDLR in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. For the past week, heavy fighting has been reported in Kazaroho in the Tongo...
by Joram Jojo | Sep 4, 2020 | Conflict
Several dozen CODECO (cooperative for the development of the Congo) militia men who arrived in Bunia, capital of the province of Ituri, on the morning of this Friday, September 04, 2020, returned to their bases at the Bedu-Ezekere group. , in the Walendu-Tatsi sector....
by Joram Jojo | Jan 9, 2020 | Conflict, Congo
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...