Mai Mai Yakatumbo Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/mai-mai-yakatumbo/ The low down on African affairs Thu, 28 Sep 2017 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Mai Mai Yakatumbo Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/mai-mai-yakatumbo/ 32 32 Congo navy battles rebels on Lake Tanganyika https://jjcornish.com/2017/09/congo-navy-battles-rebels-lake-tanganyika/ Thu, 28 Sep 2017 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2017/09/congo-navy-battles-rebels-lake-tanganyika/ Democratic  Republic of Congo naval forces have beaten off an attack by rebel boats on Lake Tanganyika. The DRC authorities say a rebel boat was sunk and they insist they have control of the lake. The fighting took place near to the lakeside city of Uvira. Located near the Uganda border, it’s the second largest […]

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]]> Democratic  Republic of Congo naval forces have beaten off an attack by rebel boats on Lake Tanganyika.

The DRC authorities say a rebel boat was sunk and they insist they have control of the lake.

The fighting took place near to the lakeside city of Uvira.

Located near the Uganda border, it’s the second largest city in South Kivu province.

The rebels from the Mai-Mai Yakutumba militia attacked Congo government forces at the weekend Unrest has mounted across Congo since President Joseph Kabila refused to step down when his mandate expired last December.

Lake Tanganyika is hundreds of kilometers long. It also borders Burundi, Tanzania and Zambia.

Mai-Mai Yakutumba, formed in 2007 by local militiamen opposed to integration in Congo’s national army, has well-established gold smuggling networks on the lake.

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