Good People,

There is absolutely nothing to negotiate with the M23 because they are not after peace deal otherwise they would long evacuated and stopped terrorizing Congo people, they must be made to quit, it is as simple as that............There is no moral justification whatsoever........they are a terror group that must be forcefully pounded and driven out by force.  The Congo Army are obligated to protect and offer security for its people from any form or type of invasion.

The United States leadership is aware that there is no more negotiations to be made between the Congo Government and the rebels to end the unprecedented months of dragging negotiations which is why, Rwanda is slammed with sanctions for aiding M23.  The terrorism provocation of M23 should not be taken lightly……..

 

I don’t understand what US special envoy to the Great Lakes Russ Feingold and the UN special envoy Mary Robinson are both looking forward to except to tell the M23 plainly to back off from Goma and Kivu as it is Congo people land. 

 

Kagame and Museveni are putting the lives of both Congo people and Kenya in more danger and it is the reason why Museveni mobilized AU to pull out of ICC Hague knowing very well, with the injustices he has committed, he will not escape ICC Hague.  The truth is, no one has express right to use force for illegal occupation.  Kagame and Museveni are known illegal expansionist and it is high time they should be taught a good lesson irrespective of their special interest pay masters.

 

What is happening in Congo is a duplicate of Migingo and a quest for Museveni eyeing in addition to hijacking Turkana, Port of Mombasa with Kismayu that is situated in the boarder of Kenya and Somalia but lies on the side of Kenyas land.  It is unthinakable that Ugandas Museveni and Rwandas Kagame schemed to theorize conspiracies with their Corporate special business interest to spark and capitalize on fluid situation looming in both Congo and Kenya and where soon you see the likes of Journalist Walter Barasas and the Chinedus later, demanding for ransom for a share of the Kenya People’s land and without shame, staging to demand for negotiations………this is pure baseless request with naive twisted mind that no one should pay any attention but to make every possible use of force to get both the M34 with other factions out of peoples public land………….

 

With this type of frequent insurgencies provocation from M23, the Government of Congo Army need not spare security and safety of their people.  Congo Army need to pound M23 real good that they will not dare lift their ugly heads on Congo land again……..

I am wondering why UN have not slammed M23 with Kagame and Museveni to appear to ICC Hague………..this is what both Russ Feigngold with Mary Robinson should be sounding to M23, Kagame and Museveni and they should not expect any negotiation.  How can people negotiation to be taken to slaughter houses, havent the Congo people been slaughtered enough.........never heard anything like that in my life time, this is what people of African descent should understand how the world think of them...........

Judy Miriga

Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com



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US urges DR Congo, rebels to reach peace deal

AFP – Thu, Oct 17, 2013

Washington (AFP) - The United States called Thursday on the Democratic Republic of Congo and opposition rebels to end months of dragging negotiations and conclude a peace deal.

The talks in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, began on September 10, but have yet to make any real progress.

US special envoy to the Great Lakes Russ Feingold and the UN special envoy Mary Robinson are both in the region hoping to push the negotiations along.

"Now is the time for both parties to demonstrate their commitment to a peaceful resolution," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters in Washington.

"The envoys met today with the delegations to the talks calling for the parties to finalize an agreement and to promptly conclude the talks.

"These have been going on for 10 months. They're pivotal to moving things forward in the country, and... (the) message that's being sent on the ground, is that further delays would be counterproductive."

UN experts have accused Rwanda and to a lesser extent Uganda of aiding the M23 rebels in their 18-month-old rebellion against the DR Congo.

Rwanda has denied the charges, but Washington earlier this month slapped sanctions on Kigali for its alleged backing of the Congolese rebels who recruit child soldiers into their ranks.

The M23 was founded by former Tutsi rebels who were incorporated into the Congolese army under a 2009 peace deal.

Complaining the deal was never fully implemented, they mutinied in April 2012, turning their guns on their former comrades and launching the latest rebellion to ravage DR Congo's mineral-rich and conflict-prone east.

The UN and various rights groups have accused the M23 of atrocities including rape and murder in a conflict that has caused tens of thousands of refugees to flee.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame's government, also dominated by Tutsis, is accused of backing M23 rebels as part of a proxy war against Hutu rebels in the DRC and to seek influence in the country's mineral-rich eastern Kivu region.




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UN blames rebels for gunfire on DR Congo helicopter

Friday October 18th  2013
AFP – 6 hrs ago

Kinshasa (AFP) - The United Nations accused rebels from the M23 movement in the Democratic Republic of Congo of firing on a UN helicopter on Friday, the second such incident in a week.

"Two helicopters left on reconnaissance missions this morning... the pilots of one of the helicopters felt some impacts on the cockpit... and landed" to inspect the damage, a source with the UN peacekeeping mission (Monusco) in DR Congo, told AFP.

The head of the UN mission to the country, Martin Kobler, and the Special Envoy to Africa's Great Lakes region, Mary Robinson, in a statement strongly condemned "a new attack by the M23 against an unarmed Monusco helicopter, the second in less than a week."

A heavily-armed 3,000-strong UN intervention brigade joined 17,000 peacekeepers already deployed in the country with a mission to carry out offensive operations, alone or with Congolese troops, against rebel fighters operating in the troubled eastern region.

The brigade's troops are drawn in equal numbers from Malawi, South Africa and Tanzania.

The two UN officials were in Kampala, Uganda, on Friday where peace talks between Kinshasa and the M23 resumed in early September but have stalled for several weeks.

"Monusco believes that nothing should distract or disturb a successful outcome of the Kampala talks," Kobler and Robinson added.

The helicopter incident took place some 15 kilometres (10 miles) north of Goma, capital of North Kivu province, which has been in turmoil since warfare ravaged the country from 1996 to 2003.

There were no injuries and the helicopter was able to return to base.

Last week, Congolese M23 rebels shot at a UN helicopter but no one was injured.

The M23 was founded by former Tutsi rebels who were incorporated into the Congolese army under a 2009 peace deal.

Complaining the deal was never fully implemented, they mutinied in April 2012, turning their guns on their former comrades and launching the latest rebellion to ravage DR Congo's mineral-rich and conflict-prone east.

A spokesman for the rebels, Vianney Kazarama, denied that the M23 was behind the attack.

"This morning, the M23 did not fire and did not want to fire on Monusco," said Kazarama, indicating that the shots came from the Congolese army (FARDC).

But Lieutenant-Colonel Olivier Hamuli, a spokesman for the army in North Kivu, hit back, saying: "Monusco is a partner of the FARDC and we are together on the ground. It's the M23 which shot," said Hamuli.