Rwanda: Do not politicize Memories, Honor and Rebuilding
Violence Escalating in DR Congo Over Elections, Says MONUSCO's Maman Sidikou
MONUSCO's Maman Sidikou briefing the UN Security Council on Jan 14, 2016
“Given the very real risks of civil unrest and violence related to the electoral process, it is critical that all efforts be made to rebuild confidence among the stakeholders to find a way forward," Maman Sidikou, Head of UN Peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) said on Thursday, January 14, 2016 while briefing the UN Security Council.
Massacres of traditional chiefs in Miriki, Kivu, DRC: What Really Happened?
Miriki Village, Lubero, North-Kivu, DRC
In the night of January 6th to 7th, unidentified assailants attacked the sleepy village of Miriki, in South Lubero, North Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and massacred 18 people with machetes. The targeted massacres appeared well coordinated and with seemingly political undertones. Most of the killed are family members and relatives of traditional chiefs from the Nande tribe. The local authorities and the United Nations peacekeeping forces, MONUSCO, were quick to accuse the Rwandan rebels of the FDLR and Congolese Hutus of being behind the attacks. However, the population rather accused members of FARDC troops of being behind the attacks, with the help from the Congolese refugees, affiliated with the former Congolese rebel movement, CNDP, resettled in camps of Luofu, in South Lubero. Given the conflicting accounts, AfroAmerica has tried to dig deeper, with informations from MONUSCO staff, Congolese leaders, and the local population. Based on the information, AfroAmerica has reconstructed the scenario of what may have happened.
Congolese Rebel General Lafontaine's troops battling Rwandan-Backed Cheka's fighthers in Lubero, North Kivu, DRC
Troops of RUD-Urunana and RPR-Inkeragutabara on a position in Kasiki Village, Lubero, North-Kivu
A coalition of the troops of Congolese rebel General Kakulu Sikuli Vasaka Lafontaine's UPCP and Rwandan rebels of RUD-Urunana and RPR-Inkeragutabara have been battling fighters of Cheka's Nduma Defense Forces in Kasiki, Lubero, Noth-Kivu Province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sources in the area have told AfroAmerica Network
On December 25, 2015, the fighters of the Congolese warlord Cheka Ntabo Ntaberi, known as Nduma Defense of Congo (NDC),
