DRC: FDLR Rebels greet latest disarmament plans with violence
Newstime Africa - 1 hour ago
The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), which
includes members of the extremist Hutu militia who fled to eastern DRC
following the 1994 Rwanda genocide, has committed countless atrocities
during their 15-year exile. The most recent attacks, however, have
been far more frequent and concentrated in rebel strongholds in
Kanyabayonga, Lubero Territory in North Kivu, just 30 km from the
Rwandan border.
Since President Kabila's announcement of the DRC's third DDR
(disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration) plan in March, the
FDLR have reportedly displaced 3,200 civilians, raped at least 37
women, and looted over 100 acres of beans, cassava, maize, and potato
crops to refuel their military training centres.
Thousands of farmers in the area have reported being too frightened to
plant or harvest their crops due to the constant presence of FDLR
rebels carrying guns and pangas. This has resulted rising hunger and
child malnutrition rates, as well as forcing civilians already living
in poor conditions in temporary displacement camps to flee once again.
'The FDLR are violently resisting the fight that the UN and national
army (FARDC) have started against armed groups in the region - they
want to make it clear to the international community that they demand
to be listened to regarding their request for dialogue and negotiation
with the Rwandan government,' said Bila Inogwabini, country manager at
Christian Aid DRC.
'The rebels are not ready to accept any kind of integration into the
Congolese army, and they want to demonstrate that they are still
active and can cause absolute mayhem for local people if their
requests are not taken seriously.'
Nestor Musumba, director of Christian Aid partner BOAD (Ecumenical
bureau of development support), which runs a rural livelihoods project
supporting 3,937 households in Rutshuru, South Lubero, also warned:
'The sudden intensification of random violence and human rights abuses
seriously hinders our planting and harvesting activities, meaning that
many families are going hungry.
'The numbers of civilians who have been displaced by the rebels, as
well as the number of new cases of sexual violence, are growing every
day.'
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