Uvira Breaking News

Breaking News

December 09^th, 2025

Breaking News

December 09^th, 2025

Uvira Tombé. Uvira is fallen in the hands of true liberators -AFC/M33. 

Gone are the days of suffering, mistreatment, and taken hostages without all basic needs for the Banyamulenge people in Minembwe.

AFC/M23-Twirwaneho revolutionary forces have continued to advance in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, seizing key towns such as Kamanyola, Katogota, Luvungi, Bwegera, Luberizi, Nyakabere, Sange, Kabunambo, and finally the city of Uvira. Although most supporters of the Tshisekedi are so chocked to see Uvira fall into the hands of AFC/M23 this week, those of us know the strength of AFC/M23 and the weakness of the Congolese army and its allies like Burundian army, MaiMai militia and FDLR genocidaire rebels, it was expected that Uvira will fall before the end of this week nonetheless. AFC/M23 was slowing down in order to allow the cowards forces of Burundi and Congo leave the area safely in order to minimize casualties and protect the civilian population.

At the same time Twirwaneho forces have pushed other elements of FNDB and FARDD/MAIMAI/FDLR deeper into forests and mountain of high plateau of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), after shotting down the military helicopter of the Tshisekedi backed Belgium mercenaries. When asked why they have continued fighting despite the ceasefire agreement reached in Dowa, one of the AFC/M23 publicly said, " the Kinshasa regime had made it its habit of violating the ceasefire and bombarding our populations, until we could no longer take it". After all, he continued, " remember that we are Congolese who are fighting for a cause," he  Journal Minembwe. Asked about the Washington accord, he stated "What happened in Washington,  doesn't concern us."  He categorically stated that the Washington Agreement is between Congo and Rwanda, definitely not AFC/M23-Twirwaneho. We are fighting with our government because it has resolved to kill us, it's citizens and our cause is the right to live and to have peace and security. He do not have any other choice but to fight or be exterminated. And we chose to fight and toppled down this tyrant regime of Tshisekedi, added the official of AFC/M23-Twirwaneho.

It has been almost one year since Tshiseket's rule ended in major part of two Easten Congolese provinces' of North and Southern Kivu, after the capture of Goma and Bukavu. All the civil and military officers of the Tshisekedi and Ndayishimiye's regimes vanished, almost overnight, into thin air. Then, thousands of European mercenaries and Tanzanian and South African soldiers followed the suit with indescribable shame of being publicly defeated and humiliated by the disciplined and determined soldiers of AFC/M23.

However, there were still another strong hold of the negative coalition of Burundian defense forces, Congolese defense forces, FDLR genocidaire militia, and Mai Mai/wazalendo militias in Southern Kivu covering a large territory made of various towns including, Katogota, Luvungi, Ruberizi, Sange and Uvira. This is a coalition of vicious genocidal forces whose sole purpose is to exterminate Congolese Tutsis from South and North Kivu. Now that Uvira and other key towns are in the hands of AFC/M23, one can optimistically say that they will definitely not be able to accomplish their evil goal of exterminating the Banyamulenge people in the Mulenge region.

Although the international community purposed not to help rescue the Banyamulenge and Tutsi population from Eastern Congo in general from the predatory extremist regimes of Kinshasa and Burundi who had vowed to exterminate the Tutsis in Eastern Congo,  with the brave advancement of AFC/M23 and Twirwaneho the coalition of genocidal force does no longer loom as a great threat for the Congolese Tutsi population, particularly the Banyamulenge, as AFC/M23 has finally captured the strategic town of Uvira and managed to kick out the Burundian false back to their country.

Eastern Congo is finally about to breath the air of peace and security once again after 8 years of chaos and carnage for the Congolese Tutsi in the Eastern Congo. Hope is finally dawning even if last month Uvira territory was still marked by tumultuous lows as well as unprecedented high criminality as the Banyamulenge people struggles to survive.

Meanwhile, the high plateau of Minembwe. people are still confined in what is viewed as an open concentration camp. But this is going to change starting tomorrow. They will no longer be cut off from the outside world as it was the case for the last 8 years, with no access to basic needs such as soap, salt, sugar, cooking oil and medication—another form of genocide. Soon, gone will be those evil and dark days. The rays of hope are about to reach Mulenge, all thanks to our God, and Twirwaneho & AFC/M23 brave sons of Eastern Congo.  

Long live AFC/M23-Twirwane 

 Muhoza Ak

Journal Minembwe 

 

Four Belgian Mercenaries Killed After Military Helicopter Shot Down During Attack on Banyamulenge Civilians

Minembwe, DR Congo — December 6, 2025

Four Belgian Mercenaries Killed After Military Helicopter Shot Down During Attack on Banyamulenge Civilians

Reports from local sources confirm that a Belgian military helicopter involved in an attack on Banyamulenge civilians was shot down on December 6th, resulting in the deaths of four Belgian mercenaries. The aircraft crashed into Lake Tanganyika after being struck by defensive fire from Twirwaneho self-defence forces.

According to verified local reports, the helicopter was actively firing on civilian populations in Mikenke and later targeted residential areas protected by Twirwaneho armed civilians. When the helicopter began dropping bombs, a Twirwaneho defender shot the aircraft, severely injuring the crew. The helicopter continued flying only momentarily before crashing into Lake Tanganyika, where both mercenaries were recovered dead.

Foreign Mercenary Involvement Condemned

These Belgian mercenaries are among the many foreign fighters reportedly backing President Tshisekedi's government in its violent campaign against Congolese Tutsis—a community increasingly targeted through state-enabled tribalism. Rather than supplying urgently needed humanitarian relief, Belgium has deployed armed contractors, deepening its historical pattern of interference in ethnic conflicts across the Great Lakes region.

Evidence continues to point to significant external support, particularly from Burundi and Belgium, for armed groups whose stated objective is the eradication of Congolese Tutsis from their ancestral homeland.

Banyamulenge Region Under Siege

Burundian forces, alongside Mai-Mai ("Wazalendo") militias, the FDLR (Interahamwe génocidaires), and congolese forces, the FARDC, have effectively sealed off all routes into the Banyamulenge region of Mulenge. The population now lives under siege-like conditions, comparable to an open-air concentration camp. Residents are unable to enter or leave the region and have been cut off from essential supplies, including salt, sugar, medicine, soap, and cooking oil. On the night of December 5th, Burundian forces reportedly killed four men and kidnapped more than ten women who risked leaving their villages in search of basic necessities.

Escalating Atrocities and Moral Decay Among Belligerents

The participation of Belgian mercenaries alongside Burundian and ethnic militias raises urgent ethical, legal, and humanitarian concerns. Their involvement in the attempted extermination of the Banyamulenge population highlights a profound moral collapse among the political and military actors funding and executing this campaign.

Those involved—whether foreign mercenaries, Burundian officials, Congolese politicians, or Wazalendo militia members—demonstrate a complete absence of integrity, compassion, or accountability. History suggests that such actors often meet bleak ends: poverty, disgrace, or lifelong regret. As the conflict shifts and the anticipated capture of Uvira approaches, many perpetrators may ultimately confront the consequences of their actions.

Muhoza Ak, 

Editor in Chief

Journal Minembwe