Airstrikes reportedly hit Joseph Kabila’s farm in Lubumbashi
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Kivu Morning Post
According to local sources cited by Kivu Morning Post, a FARDC combat aircraft bombed the Kashamata site in Lubumbashi, where Joseph Kabila’s farm is located, at around 10 a.m. on Saturday. The human rights organisation Justicia ASBL relays this information, and a Black Hawk helicopter reportedly made two passes over the site.
A farm and a former residence of former Democratic Republic of the Congo president Joseph Kabila reportedly came under airstrikes on Saturday at Kashamata, in the Annexd commune of Lubumbashi, according to several local sources cited by Kivu Morning Post. The site reportedly came under attack at around 10 a.m. by a combat aircraft of the Armed Forces of the DR Congo, according to these sources.
An official from Justicia ASBL, a Congolese human rights organisation led by Me Timothée Mbuyu, said the aircraft had flown over the area before carrying out strikes. A Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter reportedly made two passes over the site, firing missiles and dropping projectiles, according to initial information gathered locally.
Joseph Kabila, former president of the DR Congo, has led an armed coalition opposed to President Félix Tshisekedi since October. No human or material toll linked to the Kashamata strikes has been officially established.
