Highlights: The provincial director of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR), his two deputies as well as a spokesperson for the governor of North Kivu have been arrested in Goma. They are suspected by the general directorate of military intelligence of complicity with the M23. Sources close to the matter remain discreet and simply mention suspicions of collusion with the enemy. A security official explains that if investigations establish evidence of complicity, all these people will be brought to justice. The information is in any case taken very seriously in Kinshasa, which is strengthening its civil and military intelligence systems.

DRC: the director of the North Kivu intelligence agency and two deputies arrested for alleged complicity with the M23

Since Tuesday February 13, the provincial director of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR), his two deputies as well as a spokesperson for the governor of North Kivu have been arrested in Goma. They are suspected by the general directorate of military intelligence of complicity with the M23. They were all transferred to Kinshasa.

A soldier walks in Goma, in November 2022. AFP - ALEXIS HUGUET

By: RFI Follow

With our correspondent in Kinshasa

Patient Ligodi

Sources close to the matter remain discreet and simply mention suspicions of collusion with the enemy. They specify that these individuals were apprehended for the purposes of an investigation.

The four people, the provincial director of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR), his two deputies as well as a spokesperson for the governor of North Kivu, are currently detained at the headquarters of the general staff of military intelligence. . They are accused by the General Directorate of Military Intelligence of complicity with the

M23

rebellion . A security official explains that if investigations establish evidence of complicity, all these people will be brought to justice.

This information is in any case taken very seriously in Kinshasa, which is strengthening its civil and military intelligence systems, particularly in Goma.

UN report

In late December 2023, a report by United Nations experts, citing defected M23 fighters and intelligence sources, indicated that the armed group's military objective was to take control of Goma and Bukavu airports.

Still according to testimonies cited by these experts, soldiers of the Rwanda

Defense Forces

(RDF) were deployed in the territories of Nyiragongo, Rutushuru and Masisi. These same UN sources also report the support provided by tactical support and reconnaissance teams, made up of ex-combatants of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), operating under the command of the Rwandan defense intelligence service. Rwanda.

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DRC: the director of the North Kivu intelligence agency and two deputies arrested for alleged complicity with the M23

DRC: the director of the North Kivu intelligence agency and two deputies arrested for alleged complicity with the M23

UN report

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