🚨🔥🇨🇩14/07/26 WALIKALE : LE M23-RDF ABANDONNE 4 LOCALITÉS ! LE VENT TOURNE ? ⚔️

🚨🔥🇨🇩 14/07/26 WALIKALE: M23-RDF ABANDONS 4 TOWNS! IS THE WIND CHANGED? ⚔️ Walikale: Last weekend, M23 fighters withdrew from the towns of Buleusa, Kateku, Bukumbirwa, and Rusamambu, in the Ikobo group, sector of [unspecified area]. For civil society, this withdrawal is a glimmer of hope for the return of displaced persons and the resumption of activities. However, it is calling on the FARDC (Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo) to deploy urgently to secure the area in order to prevent the repositioning of local pro-M23 armed groups in this security vacuum. No official statement has yet been made regarding the reasons for this withdrawal. Lubero: Alert in Vusamba, in the Baswagha chiefdom. Residents are denouncing the surge in kidnappings perpetrated against them by an armed group active in the area. On Monday, two civilians were abducted on the Kasinga-Vusamba road. They were released late after a ransom was paid. Other cases were also reported on Sunday. As a direct consequence, socio-economic activities have slowed to a crawl. Out of fear, many farmers no longer dare to go to their fields. Faced with this situation, local civil society is issuing an urgent appeal to the relevant authorities to restore security and protect the population. Ituri | Four aid workers, including Socrate "S-kali," lost their lives after their convoy was attacked on the Mahagi-Bunia road. A humanitarian worker and artist, S-kali leaves behind a pregnant wife. The circumstances of this attack are still under investigation. Lubero: Civil society is raising the alarm about the health situation of more than 6,000 displaced people who lack protective kits to strengthen preventative and hygiene measures in the cantonment sites in Lubero-centre. This organization is calling for support from humanitarian agencies to stop the spread of the Ebola virus.