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Speaker 1: Thousands of prisoners at Monzansee prison facility in Goma, the

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capital city of North Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic

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of Congo, may have served themselves free after M twenty

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three rebels took control of Goma early morning on Monday,

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with videos posted online showing civilians flodding back to Goma

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and welcoming the M twenty three rebels in arousing manner.

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Monzansee Prison considered as one of the worst prison facilities

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in the world, which as of twenty twenty was hadled

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more than two thousand, four hundred, mostly well prisoners for

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a custodian facility which was built for a capacity of

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just one hundred and fifty. The Democratic Republic of the

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Congo’s main prisons are filled at four hundred and thirty

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two percent on average, according to Mondul School. The United

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Nations peace keeping falls in the country, making them among

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the most overcrowded in the world. According to Al Jazira report.

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In twenty twenty, videos showed Goma residents running and sharing

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in celebration welcoming M twenty three rebel group soldiers after

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the capture of the North Kivu provincial capital on Mondi.

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The Monsanzare prison, which is currently estimated to hold approximately

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three thousand inmates, was apparently sent ablaze as Flint prisoners

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were seen in the surrounding streets. Videos showed the prisoners

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running out of the facility or challenged, while a thick

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black smoke was seen below him from a section of

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the prison facility. Meanwhile, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission

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in the Democratic Republic of the Congo MONUSCO staff and

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their families have arrived at the Grand Barrier border from Goma,

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Flint the fighting after the town was seized by the

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M twenty three rebel group on Monday. Earlier today, we

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reported that one of the most troubled countries in Africa,

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Democratic Republic of Congo government has built civilian residents in

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the country to flood streets to the Monday, the twenty

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seventh of January twenty twenty five, just as M twenty

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three rebels are now in control of Goma after killing

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the Congolise military commander, over nine South Africa soldiers a

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total of twelve U N peacekeepers, forcing other Congolise soldiers

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to surrender their weapons before the three am Money twenty

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seven twenty twenty five deadline set few hours ago, local

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media reported with photographs wearing men of the Armed Forces

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of Democratic Republic of Congo were seen handling over their

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weapons to UN peacekeepers in Goma City before the three

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am deadline set by the M twenty three rebels, who

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have issued ever coision order for all Congolese military and

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foreign soldiers to leave the Goma City as the closed

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Goma a space. Congolese Minister of Justice Constance Mutant by

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in restaurant to the M twenty three rebels advancing postures,

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issued statements via his ex social media handle, calling and

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begging civilian residents in the Democratic Republic of Congo to

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take to the streets in Kishasa, the Congo capital, to

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the Monday, the twenty seventh of January twenty twenty five

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to take charge to free the country from M twenty

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three rebels. I call for a popular match against Rwandan

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aggression DUS Monday, January twenty seven, twenty twenty five in

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Kinshasa started at nine a m. Let us take charge

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to free our lands from the hands of the invader.

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Homeland or death. We will win. Alongside President Tischi Secredy,

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we will fight until the supreme sacrifice to defend their homeland,

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the land of our ancestors. I invite the population to

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take to the streets to denounce this ruandon aggression imposed

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on us by the forces of Evo homeland or death,

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we will win. The Congolice Minister of Justice, Constant Mutambu

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stated on Sunday, thousands of civilians have flamed the town

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of Goma in the North Kivu region in order to

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survive using any possible means, as M twenty three militias

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advanced swiftly, posing a serial threat to the town. The

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South African National Defense Force SA and DF in eMedia

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statement on Saturday, had claimed that his men and his

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counterparts have pushed back the M twenty three rebels advancing

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towards Guma in the Eastern Republic of Congo bought. On Sunday,

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the South African Military Information announced the killing of nine

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of his men by the M twenty three rebels in Guma.

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In a media’s statement, the South African Military Formation said

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Parliament so that the twenty sixth of January twenty twenty five,

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the Joint Standing Committee on Defense has learned with sablest

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the death of nine members of the South African National

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Defense Force SADF in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

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DC after the intense confrontation with M twenty three rebel

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group in that country. The soldiers formed part of the

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Southern African Development Community Mission in the DC and the

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United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of

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the Congo. While the Committee acknowledges the gallant resistance by

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our forces, the loss of nine members of the SA

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and DF is serials and requires investigation too prevent recurrence.

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Some of the issue that must be looked into include

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the combat preparedness, defense intelligence capabilities and specifically the availability

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of combat support equipment including air support and ammunition, said

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mister Malusi Gigaba, the Company chair pass of the committee.

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The Joint Studying Committee on Defense of the sixth Parliament

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raised concern regarding serviceability of prime mission equipment and readiness

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of the mission for deployment. The capacitation of our soldiers

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is a primary obligation that the SA and d F

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must ensure. This is one area of oversight the committee

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aims to enhance in the seventh Parliament to ensure that

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the SA and d F has adequate equipment to respond

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to any eventuality. Due to the seriousness of the matter,

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the Committee will urgently schedule a meeting to get a

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full briefing on the incident as well as the overall

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statles of the deployment. It is important that we get

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a full briefing from the Minister, the Acting Secretary of

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Defense and the chief of the SA and DF not

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only on the incident, but also on the statles of

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the mission and the availably of adequate equipment for SA

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and DF members deployed in DC and in any mission.

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Send mister fiir on Falla, the Company chairperson of the Committee.

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The Court chairpersents extended the committee’s heartfelt condolences to the

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berieved families of members who lost their lives and wish

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soldiers who were injured a s phebe recovery. Furthermore, the

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chairpersons assured the families that the Committee will use its

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interaction with the Department to find answers, to understand what

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occurred and to use its ongoing efforts to strengthen the

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capacity of the SA and DF M twenty three Rebels

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in the Democratic Republic of Congo DRC on Monday morning

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said they have taken over Goma, according to a news

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report by a Sky News reporter in Goma City some

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hours ago. According to local media, the escalating and advancing

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combat stage early this year by M twenty three rebels

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has been a mental conflict to have rerepted in Eastern

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Democratic Republic of Congo DRC, marking one of the deadliest

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attacks on peacekeepers in recent years. As at on Sunday,

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at least twelve peacekeepers, including nine South African and three

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Malawian soldiers, were killed during clashes with M twenty three rebels.

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The rebels, primarily of Tutsi ethnicity, have encircled Goma, a

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k city with two million residents and a vital humanitarian hall,

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attacking from several fronts, killing Congolese and the foreign soldiers

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before the city finally fell to their control on Monday

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after other coalition forces surrendered their arms as demanded by

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the rebel group. Meanwhile, the Randan government has expressed concerns

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about statements issued by various parties on the security crisis

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in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the M twenty

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three rebels have intensified their offensive attack since early January.

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Misguided or manipulative statements do not provide any solutions. The

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned in a statement issued on Sunday,

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January twenty six, twenty twenty five, they are going conflict

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in eastern DRC, particularly the recent heavy fighting around Goma

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was triggered by constant violations of the since fire by

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the Congolese Armed Forces FARC in coalition with U and

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sanctual genocidal Militia f DLR, European mercenaries ethnic militias was Alendo,

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Burundian Armed Forces SAMIDRC forces as well as Mollusco troops.

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The Rwanda Foreign Ministry noted that the United Nations had

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confirmed in their reports that the LED Major General Peter Ceremanmi,

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the military governor of North Kevumu, was killed during fighting

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around Sek South as liaison with the FDLR and was

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responsible for some Botagian planned operations by the FARDC to

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neutralize the leaders of the FDLR. This fighting close to

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the Rwandan border continues to present a serial strength to

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ruanda security and territorial integrity and necessitates runder sustained defensive

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post jaw. The Ministry said we had earlier in the

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month reported that M twenty three rebels in the Democratic

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Republic of Congo early this year advanced and since the

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town of Masisi samperial. The Congolice government sent one hundred

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and seventy two the row prisoners to execution, as with

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one hundred and two already confound executed, while the government

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kept more on the third batch of seventy prisoners, including

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the very nineteen twenty twenty four thirty seven coup plotters,

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who were convicted and sentenced to death in September twenty

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twenty four, just as the country Minister of Justice, Constant

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Mutamber threatened journalists with death penalty in to relate the

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activities of armed GROUPIE described as Rwandan Army and its

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M twenty three auxiliaries as one Hold Lady Green Day

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