Category Archives: DRC

Fighting breaks out between Kabila forces and the M23

Posted on May 21, 2013 by
A heavily guarded Gen Sultani Makenga commander of the M23 troops in Bunagana, Eastern DRC. (File photo).

By Diana Katabarwa in Kampala Fighting has broken down between the March 23 Movement (M23) and Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo  (The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo –FARDC) jointly with the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) after the latter launched an attack on the M23  positions in Kanyaruchinya village 10 kms from Goma town. According to sources close to the M23, the attack was repulsed and the attackers sent back to Muja and by late afternoon Monday, there was still heavy fighting going on in Muningi with FARDC shelling M23 positions. M23 said it remains on high alert with information filtering … Continue reading →

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97 women, 33 girls allegedly raped by Kabila’s soldiers

Posted on May 9, 2013 by
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Democratic Republic of Congo troops (above) raped at least 97 women and 33 girls, some as young as 6, in the country’s volatile east after they fled from advancing M23 rebels in late November, according to a U.N. report released on Wednesday. The majority of the rapes by the Congolese army (FARDC) occurred in Minova during a two-day period, and most cases documented by U.N. Joint Human Rights Office were committed in the same manner. “FARDC soldiers entered houses, usually in groups of three to six and, after threatening the inhabitants, looted whatever they could find,” the Joint Human Rights Office, which is part of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in … Continue reading →

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War imminent in DRC as M23 gets ready to defend itself

Posted on April 28, 2013 by
A joint team delegation from Malawi, Tanzania and South Africa arrives in Goma to carry out reconnaissance for the deployment of Force Intervention Brigade.

By Diana Katabarwa in Kampala War and the resulting hell is about to break out in North and South Kivu and Maniema Provinces as the United Nations Secretary General is bent on unleashing war on the people of East Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), all in the name of supporting the corrupt regime of President Joseph Kabila and FARDC (the DRC national army) that specializes in raping and brutalizing the citizens of the DRC.  The UN, through its so called ‘enforcement’ brigade comprised of South African and Tanzanian forces with French military personnel as part of the team, are set to help the brutal army of Joseph Kabila  to gain … Continue reading →

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M23 appeals to South Africans not to send troops to the DRC

Posted on April 9, 2013 by
Lt Gen VR Masondo, South African army chief of staff, meets with top MONUSCO military officers, during a SADC delegation preliminary visit in North Kivu.

By Henry D Gombya The President of the March 23 (M23) Movement has made an appeal to the people of South Africa through their parliament to convince the government of President Jacob Zuma not to send South African troops to take part in the UN-mandated Special Brigade set to enter the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and fight rebels engaged in disputes with Mr Kabila. In a letter he has written to the South African parliament, a copy of which we have seen, M Bertrand Bisimwa the M23 political leader appealed to South African not to send their troops in what he called ‘an absurd war against their Congolese brothers’. … Continue reading →

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South Africa confirms it will send troops to fight rebels in DRC

Posted on April 8, 2013 by
South African troops like these will soon be in the dense forests of eastern DRC fighting on the side of Joseph Kabila.

By Richard A Luce South Africa has confirmed the country will provide troops to a UN intervention force that is set to be sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to fight armed groups opposed to the government of DRC President Joseph Kabila. A South African military spokesman was quoted Sunday as saying the troops deployment to the DRC had nothing to do with what has recently taken place in the Central African Republic where 13 South African soldiers were early this month killed during a coup d’état that ousted President Francois Bozize from power. South African had sent 400 troops to bolster Gen Bozize’s forces as Seleka rebel … Continue reading →

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