By RFIPosted on 10-18-2019Modified on 18-10-2019 at 10:33
The DRC is preparing to launch operations against Ugandan rebels of the ADF. Other operations are being planned, perhaps with the participation of the armies of the eastern neighbors. At the request of Rwanda, the Congolese government has begun discussions for the return of M23 ex-combatants. Since their defeat in 2013, they ask to be amnestied and to return, in vain.
On the side of the ex-U23 rebellion , it was hoped that the process would go faster. In mid-July, at the request of Rwanda, the Congolese government agreed to send a delegation to Kigali to negotiate the repatriation of its members.
According to the joint report of this assessment mission, under Rwandan facilitation, the DRC delegation and the leaders of the former M23 discussed the amnesty of its members, their integration into the army and the voluntary repatriation of Congolese refugees living in Rwanda. If three months later, side M23, fears blockages, several Congolese security sources ensure that discussions continue.
Blacklist of " Rebellion Professionals "
Exchanges with the M23 wing based in Rwanda, but also with the men of Sultani Makenga who had chosen to take refuge in Uganda , after their defeat against the FARDC and Monusco. The military leader of M23 would no longer be stationed in a military camp in Uganda, he would have taken up positions somewhere on the border between Uganda, Rwanda and Congo.
A Congolese security source assures that the principle of collective integration of these ex-rebels in the army " is not consecrated " and that there will be "a lot of demobilized ". But there is no question of a blacklist of " professionals of the rebellion ", as their critics in the army call them. " If they come back, we will manage them, " says a service manager.
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