DRC: who is behind the deadly clashes in Maï Ndombe?
Lake Mai-Ndombe in the DRC (illustration).
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Claeys Bouuaert
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In the DRC, tension persists in the territory of Kwamouth the day after the visit of Deputy Prime Minister for the Interior Daniel Aselo.
Two national deputies from the province of Mai Ndombe expressed their concerns Tuesday in Kinshasa during a press conference.
According to these deputies, there is manipulation behind the inter-community clashes of recent weeks in their province.
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With our correspondent in Kinshasa,
Kamanda wa Kamanda-Muzembe
According to Sacred Union MP Guy Mosomo, the clashes between Teke and Yaka communities cannot be reduced to a dispute over customary dues.
It is a correspondence that would have set fire to the powder.
A letter signed by a man named Kiamfu, enjoining the Yaka not to pay this tax, and which contained threats, explains Guy Mosomo: "
At the end of his correspondence, if you are not careful, the situation in Kwamouth will be like the Yumbi's situation.
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Yumbi was in December 2018. Clashes between the Batende and Banunu communities had killed more than 500 people and destroyed many villages.
And the trial is still pending.
And this man, who is he?
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According to our information, he lives in Kasongo-Lunda, he is the leader of a group, but he wants to have some influence on the lower Yaka, who live on Teke land.
There are sponsors behind.
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FCC MP Willy Bolio, for his part, asks the government to take its responsibilities: “
Big thanks to Ocha who made arrangements to go and rescue people, but the government itself should do something.
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The army has seized several aggressors who are said to be being transferred to Kinshasa, the province of Maï Ndombe being devoid of magistrates.
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