Yusuf Mboneza
Yusufu Eric Mboneza, more commonly called Yusuf Mboneza, (reportedly died June 2022) is or was a Congolese military officer and rebel. During his career he served in the Rally for Congolese Democracy, the National Congress for the Defence of the People, the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and finally the March 23 Movement. Biography Early life Yusufu Eric Mboneza was born in the Masisi Territory. He belonged to the Gogwe clan (Bagogwe), a sub-group of the Tutsi people. Throughout his life, he fought for several rebel groups. He had one relative, Emmanuel Nsengiyumva, who also became a militant. In the Second Congo War, Mboneza served in the Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD). In course of the Kivu conflict, he eventually joined the National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP), becoming a major and commander of the CNDP's 4th Battalion. On 9 March 2007, rebels who probably belonged to Mboneza's unit murdered Richard Bemeriki, priest of the Jomba parish church in Rutshuru Territory. When the CNDP fractured in 2009, Mboneza sided with CNDP leader Laurent Nkunda alongside several other officers including Sultani Makenga. The CNDP eventually agreed to a peace deal and integrated its forces