TNI Forces are working to stop the Islamic State in Central Africa Province in Congo
1. Taking a moment to remember a TNI hero killed in the service of peace, last year on 22 June 2020 — 2,700 TNI and Indonesian police are currently deployed in 9 UN Missions.
2. The interim mayor of Beni expressed his condolences to MONUSCO, to the various contingents and particularly to the Indonesian contingent. “We are very sad to see this peacekeeper fall in the battlefield, in search of peace for the population of this part of the country. This difficult moment is not only the time to mourn, but above all an opportunity to develop the appropriate response, for FARDC (Forces armées de la république démocratique du Congo) and the peacekeepers to honor the memory of their brother-in-arm who has left us in intensely painful conditions on his way to protect the population through contributing to building the bridge for them to cross the Hululu river”, underscored Modeste Bakwanamaha.
3. This Indonesian blue helmet was killed by armed men when he was returning from the reconstruction site of the Hululu bridge" which is of paramount importance for the populations in the area — he died as a result of a militia attack on Monday (22 June 2020),
not far from the Semuliki bridge, on the road to Beni-Kasindi, the territory of Beni, North Kivu province — which is in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
4. May the Islamic State in Central Africa Province (ISCAP) fighters, as killers of UN peacekeepers, be brought to justice. ISIS announced the launch of the ISCAP in April 2019 to promote the presence of ISIS associated elements within Central, East, and Southern Africa. Although ISIS-associated media portray ISCAP as a unified structure, ISIS-DRC and ISIS-Mozambique are distinct groups with distinct origins. ISIS-DRC, also known as the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) and Madina at Tauheed Wau Mujahedeen, among other names, is responsible for many attacks across North Kivu and Ituri Provinces in eastern DRC. Under the leadership of Seka Musa Baluku, ISIS-DRC has been notorious in this region for its brutal violence against Congolese citizens and regional military forces.
(a) The DRC is fraught with political instability, armed clashes, and human rights violations. Conflict erupted in 2016 in the Kasai region, which includes five provinces in the center of the country. It is yet another instance of fighting between FARDC and splintered ethnic militias.
(b) To make matters worse, in Jul 2019, the WHO has declared an
Ebola outbreak in northeast DRC that began in August 2018 to be a
public health emergency of international concern. This is the
10th outbreak of the deadly viral disease in the DRC since it was identified in the 1970s.
5. The former Sergeant Major Rama Wahyudi died while carrying out his MONUSCO security mission in the eastern part of the DRC. He left a wife and three small children. Second Lieutenant Rama Wahyudi who died in Congo, was promoted and buried on 3 July 2020 in Kusuma Dharma Heroes Cemetery, Pekanbaru City, Riau.
6. Peacekeeping in the DRC is a dangerous job.
(a) In Mar 2021, Malawian peacekeepers of MONUSCO successfully fought off ADF terrorists, who, attacked 2 civilian trucks on Beni-Kasindi road, in the DRC. The peacekeepers stepped up patrols after evacuating one of the gunshot wounded drivers to their base.
(b) In April 2021, 33 combatants surrendered to the TNI’s Rapid Deployment Battalion in Maimingi Village, of the DRC.
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