These operations will be conducted by the National Intervention Legion (LENI) in support of territorial units including police stations. "The legitimacy of this large-scale police operation is justified by the fact that the National Intervention Legion, as the general reserve of the national police, aims to reinforce the provincial police stations during riots or any other police operation," reported the Minister of Communication and Government Spokesperson, Patrick Muyaya.

In his report on the Council of Ministers of the 29th of March, Patrick Muyaya indicated that this LENI is also tasked with carrying out "anti-terrorist operations, participating in the fight against any mutinies in prisons, participating in the fight against acts of major criminality…"

Urban insecurity is rife in several cities of the country. In Kinshasa, the Kuluna phenomenon continues to make headlines despite the transfer of some of them to Kanyama Kasese, in Haut Lomami, to learn vocational trades, notably masonry and agriculture. In Lubumbashi, urban criminals operate in several districts of the copper city. The same is true in Goma, where armed theft is a common occurrence.

Dido Nsapu