Jackson Kwizera
Inzego z’umutekano za Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo zatangaje ko zaburijemo igitero gikomeye cya drone cyari kigamije kwibasira ikibuga cy’indege cya Bangboka International Airport giherereye mu mujyi wa Kisangani, mu ntara ya Tshopo. Ubuyobozi bwavuze ko iki ari igitero cya kabiri nk’iki mu gihe kitarenze ukwezi kumwe, bikaba byongera impungenge ku mutekano w’icyo gice cy’igihugu.
Abayobozi b’intara bashinje umutwe wa M23, uvugwaho gushyigikirwa n’u Rwanda, kuba ari wo wihishe inyuma y’iki gitero. Nk’uko byatangajwe, drones enye za kamikazi zari zipakiye ibisasu bito-bito (submunitions) zarashwe zigana ku kibuga cy’indege, ariko ingabo za leta zibasha kuzifata no kuzirasa mbere y’uko zigera ku ntego yazo. Nta muntu wahasize ubuzima cyangwa ngo akomereke, ariko abayobozi bavuze ko iyo zitaburizwamo hakiri kare, zarikwangiza cyane ibikorwa remezo by’ingenzi.
Ikibuga cya Bangboka gifite agaciro gakomeye mu bya gisirikare no mu bya gisivili. Usibye kwakira no kohereza indege zitwara abagenzi n’imizigo, ni n’ahantu h’ingenzi ingabo za Congo zikoresha mu kohereza indege z’intambara na drones mu bikorwa byo kurwanya M23 mu burasirazuba bw’igihugu. Ibi bituma kiba intego y’ibitero mu gihe cy’impagarara.
Abategetsi bavuze ko ibitero byakozwe mu bihe bine bitandukanye guhera mu masaha y’igicamunsi, bigaragaza ko byari byateguwe neza. Igerageza rya nyuma ryabaye mu gihe indege ya sosiyete Compagnie Africaine d’Aviation yari igiye kugwa ku kibuga, ibintu byashoboraga guteza impanuka ikomeye iyo drones ziza kugera ku butaka.
M23, yongeye kwaduka mu mpera za 2021, yakomeje kwigarurira ibice byinshi bikungahaye ku mabuye y’agaciro mu burasirazuba bwa Congo. Intambara hagati yayo n’ingabo za leta yakomeje guteza umutekano muke, kwimurwa kw’abaturage ku bwinshi, no kwangirika kw’ibikorwa remezo. Amashyirahamwe mpuzamahanga akomeje kugaragaza impungenge ku ikoreshwa rya drones n’ibindi bikoresho bya gisirikare mu duce dutuwe cyane n’abaturage.
Mu kwezi gushize, icyo kibuga cy’indege na cyo cyigeze kwibasirwa mu gitero cyavuzwe ko cyakozwe na M23, aho yatangaje ko yasenye ikigo cya gisirikare gishinzwe kugenzura drones. Ku rundi ruhande, M23 na yo iherutse gutangaza ko igitero cya drone cy’ingabo za Congo cyahitanye umuvugizi wayo wa gisirikare.
Ibi byose byerekana ko intambara iri gufata indi ntera, aho ikoreshwa ry’ikoranabuhanga rya drones rigenda ryiyongera. Abasesenguzi mu bya gisirikare bavuga ko ikoreshwa rya drones mu ntambara ryorohereza impande zombi kugaba ibitero kure y’aho ziri, ariko bikongera ibyago ku basivili n’ibikorwa remezo by’ingenzi nk’ibibuga by’indege, amashanyarazi n’itumanaho.
Imiryango mpuzamahanga irahamagarira impande zishyamiranye guhagarika ibitero ku bikorwa remezo bya gisivili no kurinda abaturage, mu gihe ibiganiro bya dipolomasi bikomeje gushakirwa umuti urambye w’amahoro mu burasirazuba bwa DRC.
