Ku wa kane, umuryango utegamiye kuri Leta wavuze ko byibuze abantu icumi bishwe abandi 16 bashimuswe n’inyeshyamba ahacukurwa amabuye y’agaciro mu burasirazuba bwa Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Kongo.
Ku wa gatatu, inyeshyamba zo mu mutwe witwaje intwaro CODECO zagabye igitero ku kirombe cya zahabu hafi y’akarere ka Djugu mu ntara ya Ituri, nk’uko byatangajwe na Vital Tungulo, umuyobozi wa Mabendi, umuryango uharanira uburenganzira bwaho. Ati: “Twababajwe n’iki gitero cy’abanzi.”
Ihohoterwa ryakajije umurego mu burasirazuba bwa DRC, aho amakimbirane amaze imyaka ibarirwa muri za mirongo. Imitwe yitwaje intwaro irenga 120 irwanira mu karere, hafi y’ubutaka no kugenzura ibirombe birimo amabuye y’agaciro, mu gihe amatsinda amwe agerageza kurinda abaturage babo.
CODECO ni ishyirahamwe ridasanzwe ryimitwe yitwara gisirikari yakuwe cyane cyane mumiryango y’abahinzi-borozi bo muri Lendu. Kuva mu 2017, yarwanye na Zaire, umutwe wo kwirwanaho ukomoka ahanini mu muryango w’aborozi bo mu bwoko bwa Hema.
Ikigo Nyafurika gishinzwe ubushakashatsi n’ubushakashatsi ku iterabwoba cyatangaje ko ibitero bya CODECO byahitanye abantu bagera ku 1.800 ndetse bikomeretsa abarenga 500 mu myaka ine kugeza mu 2022.
CODECO izwiho kwibasira uduce dukungahaye kuri zahabu namabuye y’agaciro. Muri Nzeri, abarwanyi bayo bateye umudugudu wo mu ntara ya Ituri, bahitana abantu 14.
Kongo ifite bimwe mu binini ku isi by’amabuye y’agaciro adasanzwe ku isi, nka cobalt n’umuringa, bikenerwa cyane mu gukora ibinyabiziga by’amashanyarazi, turbine z’umuyaga, hamwe n’izuba.
Ku wa kane, umuyobozi w’ingabo, Yves Kadjena, yatangaje ko yababajwe n’icyo gitero, cyane ko CODECO yasinyanye amasezerano y’amahoro n’indi mitwe yitwara gisirikare mu mpera za Mutarama, yiyemeza guhagarika imirwano no kurekura ingwate.
Komanda Kadjena yavuze ko ingabo zifata ingamba zo guhagarika ihohoterwa.