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 by AFP Staff Writers Bukavu, Dr Congo (AFP) Jan 5, 2022
DR Congo's armed forces said Wednesday they had killed 18 militiamen and lost two soldiers in an ambush in a troubled region in the country's eastern highlands. Major Dieudonne Kasereka, the army's spokesman in South Kivu province, said a unit of reinforcements came under attack while travelling though the village of Kagogo in Uvira district on Tuesday morning. The assailants were "militiamen of the Makanika-Twigwaneho coalition," he said referring to an armed group claiming to represent the Banyamulenge -- Congolese Tutsis of Rwandan heritage. "In the exchange of fire, the army killed 18 militiamen," while two soldiers died and five were seriously wounded, he said. More than 120 armed groups are active in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to monitors, many of them a legacy of regional wars that raged in the 1990s. The Makanika-Twigwaneho are led by an army colonel, Michel Rukundo Makanika, who deserted in early 2020 and set up a force in the Fizi highlands of South Kivu. The area is the site of long-running feuds over land and resources between the Banyamulenge on one side and the Bembe, Fuliro and Nyindu groups on the other. Clashes between Banyamulenge combatants and the Congolese army have increased in recent months. On December 28, a colonel and three soldiers, as well as 12 militiamen, were killed.
China FM in Eritrea at start of Africa tour Nairobi (AFP) Jan 4, 2022 China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived on Tuesday in Eritrea, one of the world's most closed-off countries, on the first leg of an African tour. His visit follows a trip to Africa by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in November that was in part aimed at countering China's growing influence on the continent. Wang will on Wednesday hold talks with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and Foreign Minister Osman Saleh, Eritrea's ministry of information said in a statement. To the dismay of th ... read more
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