Since Monday, August 15, a contingent of the national defense forces of Burundi has officially entered the DRC in the area of responsibility of the operational sector Sukola II south, in South Kivu. A statement made by Lt Marc Elongo, spokesman for the Sukola II operations of the Congolese national army. A few weeks ago, the Burundian Ministry of Defense made an announcement: a contingent was
Since Monday, August 15, a contingent of the national defense forces of Burundi has officially entered the DRC in the area of responsibility of the operational sector Sukola II south, in South Kivu. A statement made by Lt Marc Elongo, spokesman for the Sukola II operations of the Congolese national army.
A few weeks ago, the Burundian Ministry of Defense made an announcement: a contingent was 90% ready to intervene on behalf of the EAC regional force.
According to Lt Marc Elongo, this Burundian contingent currently confined to the training center of Luberizi, in the territory of Uvira, came within the framework of the pooling of forces advocated by the Heads of State of the EAC, the Community East African.
“This Task Force under the command of the FARDC has the mission of tracking down all armed groups, both foreign and local, in order to restore the peace promised by the supreme commander of the armed forces of the DRC, Felix Tshisekedi”, he said. .
According to him, the Commander of the Operational Sector Sukola II South, in South Kivu, General Ramazani Fundi calls on the population to calm down and to collaborate in a frank manner with the loyalist forces in order to put an end to the activism of the irregular forces.
At their summit held in Nairobi on April 21, the Heads of State of the EAC member countries expressed their desire to set up a regional force to be deployed in eastern DRC to combat the negative forces swarming in this region.
According to reliable sources, the forests of Fizi, Uvira and Mwenga in South Kivu, eastern DRC, host more than 80 local and foreign armed groups. Among these groups, the Burundian armed group, the Red-Tabara.
Several Congolese civil society associations had reported the presence of Burundian forces for months, Kinshasa and Gitega had always denied this information.
Thomson Undji Batangalwa William