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Thursday, 31 October 2013
End of the M23 Era but no end yet to USA and her clients’ looting of Congo resources : Kabila Congratulates Congo Army for Defeating M23 Rebels: FARDC captured Ugandan and Rwandan Nationals fighting alongside M23 Rebels
The
US and her client states
have been terribly exposed for supporting
their proxy regimes, Rwanda and Uganda
to destabilize D.R Congo so that US, Canadian and European companies continue to
loot resources in Congo
un disturbed. USA client states, Uganda
and Rwanda
have been greatly exposed for supporting M23 rebels. Even the most gullible person
now knows that the M23 rebels are supported by Rwanda
and Uganda.
Now, that the M23 has lost credibility, it must be ‘annihilated’ in order to
pave way for another militia that will cause confusion in the DRC for mineral plunder’s
sake. As the M23 moves into oblivion, a new militia or militias will emerge
with the full support of the US
and her client states.
Kabila Congratulates Congo Army for Defeating M23 Rebels
The commander of DR Congo's army operations against the M23 rebels in North Kivu province, Colonel Mamadou Mustafa Ndala. | Enlarge
DR
Congo’s army has recaptured Bunagana, the last major town that was
still occupied by the M23 rebels in North Kivu province. The victory
marks a turning point for eastern Congo, which has been plagued by
unrest for more than a decade.
To stress the importance of the
moment, President Joseph Kabila took to the airwaves tonight to
congratulate the Congolese Armed Forces, known as the FARDC, for
liberating “most regions of North Kivu that had been under the control
of the enemies of peace for 19 months.”
“Kibumba, Rutshuru,
Rumangabo, and since the last few hours Bunagana, are again under the
administration of the legally established political and administrative
authorities,” Mr. Kabila said in a speech to the nation broadcasted on
national television.
Mr. Kabila said that the offensive, which
began last Friday, “was ordered after a long series of harassments
against [FARDC] positions and cities with high population
concentrations.”
In a span of just five days, the Congolese army
has all but liberated the entire territory of North Kivu province from
the M23 rebels. A few rebels remain holed up in the hills of Chanzu,
Mbuzi and Runyoni near the Ugandan border. The Congolese army was
advancing towards them tonight.
In his speech, Mr. Kabila called
on neighboring countries to abide by the UN and African Union-brokered
Addis Ababa Framework Agreement, which calls on all countries of the
Great Lakes region to stop supporting armed groups in neighboring
countries.
He warned other foreign armed groups operating in
eastern Congo, namely the FDLR, ADF-NALU, LRA and FNL, to “lay down
their arms and end their abuses on the Congolese people.” Failing to do
so, he said, will expose them to “an operation to forcefully disarm them
like the one that is currently underway.”
Mr. Kabila also thanked the peacekeepers of the UN mission in DR Congo, known as MONUSCO, for supporting the Congolese army.
He honored the memory of the three Tanzanian peacekeepers who lost
their lives and other peacekeepers who were injured. “Through my voice,
the Congolese nation as a whole expresses its gratitude,” he said.
“Having suffered from war, we, Congolese, know the price of peace. So,
let’s grasp the opportunity presented by the latest developments in
North Kivu to strengthen national unity and rebuild as one our beautiful
and beloved country.”
Congo Defeat Of Terror-Army M23 Must Be Followed With End To
Tyranny In Rwanda and Uganda
Government forces celebrate the capture of Rumangabo
The
UN's special envoy in the Democratic Republic of Congo has told the
organisation's Security Council that the M23 rebel movement is all but
finished as a military threat.
Martin Kobler said the M23 had abandoned most military
positions in the east and was confined to a small triangle close to the
Rwandan border.
A fifth rebel-held area in a week fell to government forces on Monday.
The rebels say that their withdrawals are temporary.
Mr Kobler told the UN Security Council by video-link: "It is practically the military end of the M23."
He said the rebels had abandoned a key position on Mount Hehu near the Rwandan border.
Analysis
Moses RonoBBC Africa security correspondent
There is no dispute that the M23 rebels are facing a military defeat.
The military option was not the route that regional actors
and the UN favoured. But as the humanitarian crisis escalated in eastern
DR Congo, a military alternative seemed acceptable, even desirable.
The Congolese army was emboldened by the deployment of a UN
mission with a robust mandate to attack the rebels using helicopters.
While the military defeat of the M23 is a psychological victory for the government, the region's problems are far from over.
Ethnic-based groups, including those linked to the Rwandan
genocide, still operate. A new rebel group, M18, recently emerged,
adding to the complex mix of the conflict.
Several issues lie behind the unrest, including a competition for resources and a history of ethnic rivalry.
Add the involvement of regional actors in a vast area with
weak state institutions and it is clear that bringing peace to eastern
DR Congo is not a straightforward matter.
After the UN meeting, French
ambassador Gerard Araud said he hoped there would now be talks between
the rebels and the government.
He said: "Mr Kobler has briefed us and basically he told us that we are witnessing the military end of the M23.
"So I think it's a positive development of course and there
was a general agreement that now we should go back to the table of
negotiation in Kampala."
Peace talks between the government and M23, hosted by neighbouring Uganda, broke down last week.
There had previously been about two months of relative calm in eastern DR Congo. 'Retreating rebels'
Cheering crowds reportedly welcomed government troops on
Monday as they entered Rumangabo town, where the latest M23 base to fall
was located.
The government is re-establishing its rule there, said North Kivu province governor Julien Palukui.
"We have just held two meetings in order to discuss how to
uplift the population... and we are announcing the restoration of the
civil service within the next 24 hours,'' he added.
Rumangabo - about 50km (30 miles) north of Goma, the main
city in eastern DR Congo - had one of the three biggest military bases
in DR Congo before it fell to the rebels last year.
There is no doubt that the government forces have achieved
huge victories over the rebels, says the BBC's Maud Jullien in the
capital, Kinshasa.
The UN has deployed a new intervention brigade to eastern DR Congo with a stronger mandate to confront armed groups.
On Sunday, the UN mission in DR Congo, Monusco, said a
Tanzanian peacekeeper was killed during fighting with the M23 in the
town of Kiwanja.
"The soldier died while protecting the people of Kiwanja," Monusco said in a statement.
The military success in Rumangabo followed the capture of
four other areas - Kiwanja, Rutshuru, Buhumba and Kibumba - since the
weekend, the army said.
M23 officials in Uganda said their fighters had retreated
because government and UN forces had launched a joint assault, reports
the BBC's Ignatius Bahizi from Uganda's capital, Kampala.
Rebel forces were outnumbered, they said.
M23 fighters planned to regroup before making their next move, the officials added.
At least 800,000 people have fled their homes in DR Congo
since the M23 launched its rebellion in April 2012, the UN humanitarian
agency, Ocha, says.
The rebels briefly occupied eastern DR Congo's main town,
Goma, in November 2012 before pulling out under international pressure.
The M23 are mainly ethnic Tutsis, like most of Rwanda's leaders.
Rwanda and Uganda deny persistent Congolese and UN allegations that the neighbours are backing the rebel forces.
Eastern DR Congo has been wracked by conflict since 1994,
when Hutu militias fled across the border from Rwanda after carrying out
a genocide against Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
Are we seeing the end of M23 and the creation of
another militia in DRC by the USA
in conjunction with Rwanda??
Wanted Ntaganda surrenders, asks to be taken to ICC: M23 rebels run out of
ammunition, flee to Rwanda
Fooling us about Uganda’s
neutrality in the Congo
Conflict!!! Militarizing the Congo
to help USA and allies to
rape Congo resources: DRC
troops, civilians fleeing to Uganda
after rebel clashes
Seeing through the lies, hypocrisy and disinformation
antics of the American New world system: US to cut military aid to Rwanda over support of Congo rebels:
Oh really!
Bishop Jean Marie Runiga, Becomes a spokes person
for the M23: Using Confusion, misinformation and disinformation to Hide the
Central role of USA, her allies and client states in the Conflict in the
‘Democratic’ republic
of Congo(DRC)
Chaos by Design: When aggressors become mediators:
When wolves pretend to be sheep: The US
supports Museveni Congo
mediation: M23 rebels capture Goma as the UN looks on: Kabila and Kagame fly to
Kampala for
talks
Creating a Tutsi Empire in the great Lakes region
as a Conduit of the American New world Order system : New UN reports accuses
Uganda and Rwanda of Aiding M23 rebels: Uganda angered by latest UN report on
Congo
Taking us to be fools!!! Four
African CLIENT STATES of the US
have been tasked by regional governments in the Great
Lakes region to form a force of 4,000 troops to fight the M23
rebel group in DR Congo.
Congolese army soldiers march into Kibumba town after recapturing it from M23 rebels over the weekend (AP)
29 OCTOBER 2013
The army of the Democratic Republic of Congo,
who just one year ago abandoned their posts and fled in the face of an
advancing rebel army, succeeded yesterday in taking back a strategically
important city
In what appears to be a turning point in the conflict, the c civilian
population of Rumangabo, which reportedly suffered grave abuses under
the rebels, poured into the streets to welcome the soldiers, running
alongside their tanks.
Women threw flowers. Men picked palm leaves off of the nearby trees
and waved them. The UN envoy to the DRC told the Security Council it was
the military end of the M23 rebel group.
“I confirm that we have just taken the city of Rumangabo,” said
Congolese military spokesman Lt. Col Olivier Hamuli. “(We) entered the
city at 11am and were met by the applause of the population.”
Over the weekend, Congolese soldiers took back Kiwanja, Rutshuru,
Buhumba and Kibumba. Of the five, Rumangabo is the most important
militarily, because it is home to one of the largest military camps in
the country’s troubled east.
The soldiers faced no resistance as they headed into Rumangabo town,
according to a reporter for The Associated Press accompanying the
troops.
From there they advanced toward the camp, which dates back to the time of ex-dictator Mobutu Sese Seko and was taken over about a year ago by the M23 rebels, who used it to train their recruits.
The Congolese army reached the camp at around noon, secured the
stockpile of weapons left there and posted guards. It was there that the
troops were approached by Jacques Leon Liripa, a soldier who was
captured by the rebels in 2012, and spent more than a year as a prisoner
of war.
He said the M23 rebels deserted the area on Sunday afternoon, and he
was able to break out of jail. He spent the night in the forest,
emerging only when he saw his former colleagues.
Martin Kobler, the UN special representative for DRC, briefed the UN Security Council and told them “we are witnessing the military end of the M23,” according to French UN Ambassador Gerard Araud.
“We hope that the rebel movement has been chastised, and will go back to the negotiating table,” Mr Araud said.
The government will quickly restore administration, said the governor
of the North Kivu province. “I confirm the fall of Rumangabo,” said
Julien Paluku
FARDC captured Ugandan and Rwandan Nationals fighting alongside M23 Rebels
FARDC have today recaptured Bunagana Town which they had lost to the M23 rebel group one and a half years ago.
Colonel Olivier Hamuli.
The border town fell in the hands of FARDC after a fierce fighting
between the M23 rebels and the DRC army that lasted for almost a week.
FARDC has vowed to keep on pressing until they kick the M23 rebel group out of Eastern Congo.
Earlier the M23 rebel leader Bertrand Bisimwa left the Eastern part
of Congo to Kampala where he is supposed to meet the M23 delegation team
that is having peace talks with the DRC government.
On capturing Bunagana, the FARDC revealed that the M23 rebel group
has been committing serious crimes that included torturing and killing
people.
Some of the bones that were found in mass graves
Mass graves full of skeletons have been found in places like Kibumba where the M23 massacred populations like animals.
Colonel Olivier Hamuli accused Uganda and Rwanda for helping the M23 rebel group that has created insurgency in Eastern Congo
“FARDC have captured a significant number of Ugandan and Rwandan
Nationals fighting alongside the M23 Rebels in DRC,” said Colonel
Olivier Hamuli.
Congolese nationals dancing after Bunagana was captured by FARDC
A convoy believed to be of M23 rebel leader, Bartrand Bisiimwa is seen entering Uganda on Wednesday. PHOTO/Goodluck Musinguzi
newvision
By Vision Reporter
Congolese M23 rebel leader, Bertrand Bisiimwa is in Uganda for peace talks between his group and the Congolese government.
The facilitator of the talks, the Ugandan minister for defense Dr.
Crispus Kiyonga sent a chopper to pick Bisiimwa from the Ugandan border
at Bunagana border contrary to reports the rebel leader had surrendered
to Ugandan security, army Spokesperson Paddy Akunda said.
Regional leaders last month directed that peace negotiations between the
M23 rebels and the Government of Congo should resume as a way of ending
fighting in eastern DR Congo.
This was in a declaration made at the end of an emergency meeting called
by President Yoweri Museveni in his capacity as the chairperson of the
regional body, the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region
(ICGLR).
The meeting was attended by the four other regional Presidents Joseph
Kabila (DR Congo), Salva Kiir (South Sudan), Paul Kagame (Rwanda) and
Jakaya Kikwete (Tanzania). Also present were Mary Robinson the UN
special envoy to the Great Lakes region and Dlamini Zuma the chairperson
of the African Union Commission.
The Presidents directed that the peace negotiations should resume within
the three days after their Heads of State summit, and conclude within a
maximum period of 14 days.
Kampala- The president of M23 rebel group, Mr
Bertrand Bisimwa, yesterday fled to Uganda as Congolese troops backed by
a special regional intervention brigade captured rebel strongholds in
North Kivu Province.
“It’s true he is around, I’m not sure he has run
away, he may be here as part of efforts to contribute to the peace
talks,” the UPDF spokesperson, Lt Col Paddy Ankunda, said last evening.
Earlier, a security source told this newspaper
that Mr Bisimwa entered through Bunagana as the rebels’ lairs came under
heavy shelling over the past week.
By last night, it emerged that President Joseph
Kabila’s forces had captured the strategic Bunagana border post with
Uganda, more than a year since the rebels captured it.
Kisoro leaders speak out
“The
Congolese government has repossessed Bunagana border town after chasing
away the M23 rebels,” the Resident District ommissioner of the
neighbouring Kisoro, Mr Ahmed Doka, said. ”We hope the situation shall
be normal and the problem of refuges solved.”
Uganda presently hosts more than 100, 000
Congolese. The overpowered M23 rebels reportedly scattered into the
bushes, with some sneaking into Uganda as refugees.
News of the Bunagana takeover prompted thousands
of Congolese nationals, who in the past week had ran to Uganda for
safety, to stream back home in large numbers. The situation remained
calm, but tense, witnesses said.
In November last year, the M23 rebel group overran Goma City after Congolese soldiers retreated hurriedly without firing back.
The International Conference on Great Lakes
Region, a 11-memebr regional bloc chaired by President Museveni,
sweet-talked the rebels to withdraw from Goma as a pre-condition for
dialogue whose pact both parties refused to sign.
Artisenal
child miners show off copper ore in Katanga Province, Democratic
Republic of the Congo.
"Artisenal" means they dig the ore with whatever primitive tools they
can get hold of and sell it to Glencore International, a Swiss-based
multinational mining company and the world's largest commodities broker.
And
other companies. but Glencore is the largest. Neighboring Zambia, which
shares the Katanga Copper Belt with Congo's Katanga Province,
has a state strong enough to prevent this much at least. Congo does not.
Photo: Fair phone.Ann Garrison
When will President Obama weep for Congolese Children ??? Mr. President
sorry about the death of innocent kids in the Connecticut shooting…but
what that gun man did is exactly what US proxies are doing to innocent
children in Congo….how I wish you will one day weep for Congolese black
children who are your close relatives.
Tears of a poor Congolose child whose whole life has been rendered hell on earth
US President Barack Obama's tears while speaking about the shooting at Sandy Hook
Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, during a press briefing at
the White House in Washington. Photo: Reuters
Over
5,000 refugees fleeing fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
have escaped into neighbouring Uganda this week, United Nations
officials said Wednesday, warning that double that number are expected
to cross the border.
"Fighting...is causing a large amount of displacement into Uganda," said
Lucy Beck, a spokeswoman for the UN refugee agency UNHCR, adding that
5,000 refugees had crossed the border since Monday.
"We are predicting up to 10,000 people would have crossed by tomorrow,
because the fighting seems to be going on very close to the border...
People are continuing to cross even as we speak."
Congolese troops backed by a United Nations intervention brigade
launched a major offensive earlier this week against the M23 rebel
movement of army mutineers in Congo's turbulent North Kivu province.
The number of refugees will "put some strain on our resources", Beck
added, but said that preparations had been made for up to 150,000.
"The way it is going, we can imagine they will be staying for some amount of time," she added.
The M23 was founded by former Tutsi rebels who were incorporated into the Congolese army under a 2009 peace deal.
Complaining the deal was never fully implemented, they mutinied in April
2012, turning their guns on their former comrades and launching the
latest rebellion to ravage DR Congo's mineral-rich and conflict-prone
east.
The UN and various rights groups have accused the M23 of atrocities
including rape and murder in a conflict that has caused tens of
thousands of refugees to flee. Reuters
Also see,
Tale of two hypocrites: US implies Rwanda hasn't assured warlord's passage: Rwanda
has indicated that it would not interfere with the transfer of Ntaganda to the
ICC.
In
this impressive book, Edward S. Herman and David Peterson examine the uses and
abuses of the word “genocide.” They argue persuasively that the label is highly
politicized and that in the United States it
is used by the government, journalists, and academics to brand as evil those
nations and political movements that in one way or another interfere with the
imperial interests of U.S. capitalism.Thus the word “genocide” is seldom applied when the
perpetrators are U.S. allies
(or even the United States
itself), while it is used almost
indiscriminately when murders are committed or are alleged to have been
committed by enemies of the United States
and U.S.
business interests. One set of rules applies to cases such as U.S. aggression
in Vietnam, Israeli oppression of Palestinians, Indonesian slaughter of
so-called communists and the people of East Timor, U.S. bombings in Serbia and
Kosovo, the U.S. war of “liberation” in Iraq, and mass murders committed by
U.S. allies in Rwanda and the Republic of Congo. Another set applies to cases
such as Serbian aggression in Kosovo and Bosnia,
killings carried out by U.S.
enemies in Rwanda and
Darfur, Saddam Hussein, any and all actions by Iran, and a host of others.
Government forces celebrate the capture of Rumangabo
