You can reinvent it. In anything. Youre welcome so the show we start off in the east of benny where police fired tear gas to protect the u. N. Mission in the democratic republic of congo locals marched on the new school head cortez demanding that the force protect them from the few militia afflicting the out of the country they see that if that mission cannot protect them properly then it should get out of congo. And right the protest being left to fend for themselves. Who in the last 2 days alone militias have killed 7 people and smart disappear at just the latest incident since massacres began in the region 5 years ago. People in the remote east congolese province have given up hope that the army is ever going to protect them and theyre demanding that the u. N. Mission will most schools step in. The world of what will we see in other provinces that theres been a reintegration of the local people after the war but in our region theres no end to the war the killing goes on why are we being killing 2 of the. Thought that a muslim Militia Group operating from nearby uganda is responsible for the string of attacks the group cause itself like Democratic Forces and its been accused of killing many hundreds of civilians. In an attempt to calm the protesters were no schools had ventured out and met the demonstration. Because we are very aware that much more needs to be done to protect civilians. To rally all efforts with our National Partners to protect and save lives thank you. 7 Militia Groups have been battling for years over Natural Resources in the mineral rich region. And i am joined now by my colleague wendy bashi from new africa. Welcome to the show wendy hits nice to see you now the people supposed to be protected by all clearly angry with the organization putting things into perspective the peoples justified. Yes of course dippy people can be justified you know in this specific part of the congo the east and bad especially in beni this is i mean most of 5 years 5 year many people died in this part of como they have been supported every day if today and yesterday if people are going in this tree to bring the administration is dead because they want to tell the rest of the world and especially the people in kinshasa that they want something to happen and they want something to taking charge of the situation and that these massacres now. What exactly has been their response to. This is not the 1st time let me remind you in 2014 people was against again in the street demonstrating there was asking when you school to do something because new school is supposed to be the peace peacekeeping force of the un in the congo but according to people in the me if you ask them question they will tell you that they have they feel like muesli is not doing anything but if you ask monusco that will tell you that dad giving support to denationalize. That helping them to walk a very you know if you shouldnt way to stop this message especially my cycle we have been made by the a. T. F. So that trying to well very odd but according to people this is not enough. They are trying. Its needed now tell us more about the militias why they killing people. We have to go back in easterly if we go back in history you have to know that according to many reports made by the un or maybe at the people this militia is coming straight from uganda they have been in congo since and 19 in their ninetys they called the a. D. F. Theyre coming from there was indeed opposition but weve. Been and then they decided to move back into congo to prepare their return in uganda made since then that day there has been staying in congo theyve been using their manner Oil Resources and we dont know exactly what the motivation of the a. D. F. Of killing people you can be in a country and used all their mind their own resources but not killing people and this is the question who is coming all the time we dont know exactly why theyre acting this way to slaughter people and to kill them and to kidnap them. Now before you go forward with all of this i mean this has been going on for a while now how does this end. We dont know exactly you know if you let me remind you when finished president of the cold war was doing his Campaign Last year he made many promises he said that he wants to put the edge quote of dinesh in that i am me and benny to stop this killing so since he has been elected he didnt do anything could he have sent gen off in disgrace to convince people to stop but nothing is ever and this is why we have all these people doing the most gracious they want the power in kinshasa to remain to be reminded all the promises they made to dispatch so we are waiting maybe one day to give you make a statement and maybe change weve come back for the moment people are still in the street asking for peace definitely looking forward to that change when the bus you from did of you africa thank you very much for a time thank you. Now refugees in south africa are crying foul about what they see inefficiencies and corruption within the system thousands of people mostly africans are fled to south africa in the past decade seeking asylum but one refugee from the d r c is doing his best to ensure that refugees are protected from victimization reports from johannesburg. Like i did somebody has decided to stand up for if you like him in south africa. He knows how inefficient and frustrating this system can be since 2008 and didnt know im still. In. If you just it does so i apply for a payment resistance which is section to do for a 600. 00 to 7. 00 which doesnt come. By has teamed up with other organisations. To put on it then cross the country. But if you g. s counseling and link allied nice. Some of them it comes to. 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