Al Shabaab could establish ties with DRC rebels

Al Shabaab could establish ties with DRC rebels

By KEVIN J KELLEY Special Correspondent
Posted Saturday, February 22 2014 at 16:13

IN SUMMARY
Russell Feingold noted in a wide-ranging talk at a Washington think
tank that previous Al Shabaab strikes in Kampala and Nairobi indicate
it is "getting pretty close to the DRC."

Somalia's Al Shabaab militants could potentially establish links with
anti-government fighters in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,
the United States Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region said last
week.

Russell Feingold noted in a wide-ranging talk at a Washington think
tank that previous Al Shabaab strikes in Kampala and Nairobi indicate
it is "getting pretty close to the DRC."

Mr Feingold, who previously served as a US senator, spoke about Al
Shabaab's possible spread in the context of a book he wrote in 2012 --
While America Sleeps.

The book warns that the US is failing to pay sufficient attention to
emerging terrorist threats in some parts of the world, including
Africa.

Speaking on the existing security situation in the eastern DRC, Mr
Feingold welcomed the defeat of the M23 rebel group but urged the
Congo government to ensure that justice is done in regard to M23
fighters who have fled to Rwanda and Uganda.

"There must be a credible programme in place in the DRC for handling
the cases of these former rebels," the envoy said. In order to
persuade Rwanda and Uganda to extradite M23 fighters who fled Congo,
"properly constituted courts" must be established and prison
conditions must be shown to meet international standards, Mr Feingold
said at a forum held at the US Institute for Peace.

The DRC must also address the issue of the death penalty before the
rebels are extradited.

He said Rwanda is now co-operating with the peace process in the
region and President Paul Kagame has insisted that the UN force in the
DRC should now focus on FDLR rebels operating in the country.

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