The Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, Jean-Pierre Bemba, is staying in Bunia in Ituri, where he launched the inter-community dialogue for lasting peace in this province on Thursday, April 25.

These meetings bring together all 21 communities, religious denominations, and members of civil society, as well as representatives of the armed groups that signed the recent act to cease hostilities in this province.

Since 2017, this part of the national territory has suffered from instability due to the presence of armed groups that massacre populations.

Similar to the province of North Kivu, a state of emergency has been declared since May 2021.

Boni Tsala