DRC: Ituri's elected officials raise a cry of alarm

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In the DRC, elected officials from Ituri sound the alarm. Yesterday Saturday, April 18, the caucus of parliamentarians of this northeastern province called, from Kinshasa, the President of the Republic and the government to do everything to stop the violence that has resumed in this part of the country. They warn against a generalization of community conflicts in Ituri. 

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with our correspondent in Kinshasa, Kamanda Wa Kamanda

Visit of the Head of State, military operations, inter-community dialogue ... despite all these efforts, fire is still brewing in Ituri, said these senators and national deputies.

According to them, CODECO, the only group that refused to lay down their arms, continues to mourn the entire region. "  Despite the killing of their leader  Ngudjolo , despite the arrest of two thinking heads, intellectual authors have now reorganized as though to take revenge, " explains Senator Alphonse Ukeci Rundi . So they kill in a very bad way. They are even at the door of Bunia. On Sunday April 13, they attacked a police station . They killed four members of the security forces  . ”

These Ituri parliamentarians are also alerting to the presence in the region of a new armed group. "  There is an active armed group called Chini ya Kilima, whose operating mode is similar to that of Codeco, which operates in the territory of Irumu ...  "

Ituri parliamentarians' caucus believes the government should do everything to avoid the worst. " Now ... we see young people with sticks in their hands running, singing. I believe that something can happen, if we are not careful, ”continues Alphone Ukeci Rundi.

Also, the signatories of the declaration ask Monusco to be deeply involved in the protection of populations and to support the government army.

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