20.06.2023 LISTEN
The Banyamulenge people in the diaspora have denied any involvement in the funding of militias in South Kivu, DR. Congo .
This is the response to a publication by Afrique Intelligence Media which accused the Banyamulenge diaspora community of backing "militias" instead of providing humanitarian assistance.
According to Felix Nyirazo Rubogora, Chairperson of Gakondo, Banyamulenge mutualities umbrella, the accusation is malicious and borne out of anti-Banyamulenge bias with incalculably dangerous consequences for a targeted community.
"In this response, we will demonstrate that the central claims in the article are false and tendentious, that the unsubstantiated accusations therein are malicious, and that the overall orientation of the article is unquestionably a product of anti-Banyamulenge bias with incalculably dangerous consequences for a targeted community sacrificed at the altar of your news organization’s self-promotion," Felix Nyirazo Rubogora said in a letter to Afrique Intelligence Media after the publication.
Felix Nyirazo Rubogora in the letter explained that for many years and especially since 2017, the Banyamulenge community has been under siege from a coalition of local armed groups including Mai-Mai Biloze Bishambuke, Yakutumba, Ebuela, René, etc.
He indicated that the militias have formed alliances with foreign armed groups such as Red-Tabara from Burundi. Numerous reports have also documented how members of the Congolese armed forces...
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