DRC: Félix Tshisekedi and Denis Sassou Nguesso discussed the repatriation of DRC citizen refugees from Yumbi

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Félix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Dénis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of Congo

 Félix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Dénis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of Congo have agreed on the repatriation of Congolese refugees from the community violence in Yumbi based in the locality of Makoti Poko. It was after a 24-hour visit by the head of state RDC to his counterpart in Congo Brazza.

 During the meeting of the 38th Council of Ministers in the DRC on July 3, mention was made of the request of the residents of Yumbi, settled in Congo-Brazzaville, following the violence of 2018, to return to their locality. According to the Congolese ambassador stationed in Brazzaville, they are experiencing "enormous difficulties and in particular food needs". 

 The President of the DRC also instructed Marie Ntumba Nzeza, Congolese Minister of State in charge of Foreign Affairs, to take stock with the authorities of the Republic of Congo to facilitate this repatriation.

  In December 2018, intercommunal violence in Yumbi left more than 500 people dead, including children, women and the elderly. About 40 people have already been arrested and transferred to Kinshasa, according to military justice sources. The joint UN human rights office had spoken of possible "crimes against humanity".

 The Congolese government had mentioned planned and coordinated attacks, but also the involvement of the notables Tende and Nunu as well as that of the political and administrative authorities of Maï-Ndombe.

 Cassien Tribunal Aungane, Editor

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