DRC Government says FDLR Rebels Disarming
Voice of America - 34 minutes ago
June 15, 2014 1:23 PM Last updated on: June 15, 2014 1:23 PM
Peter Clottey

Soldiers from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rest near the
town of Kibumba at its border with Rwanda after fighting broke out in
the Eastern Congo town, June 11, 2014.
The Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) information minister says
hundreds of rebels from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of
Rwanda (FDLR) from South and North Kivu provinces have been disarming
as part of the government's program to improve security and stabilize
the country.
Lambert Mende says the government in Kinshasa is working with its
partners, including the administration in Rwanda, the Southern African
Development Community (SADC), the U.N. peacekeeping mission (MONUSCO)
and humanitarian groups to help the disarmed rebels to be repatriated
to Rwanda.
He says the disarmament program is aimed at protecting unarmed
civilians from rebel attacks and improving the country's overall
security outlook.
Mende says about 15 percent of the FDLR rebels are in government camps
after they voluntarily disarmed.
"This followed very intense military pressure our army made of them
and a call from President Joseph Kabila who offered them to disarm
voluntarily so that they can avoid this military pressure," said
Mende. "We discussed with our partners … [To] help us to receive them,
accommodate them, transport them and organize meetings with Rwanda and
United Nations High Commission for Refugees to have them back home."
The government's disarmament program is expected to last between the
next two to three weeks, according to Mende. He says the
administration in Kinshasa expects other armed groups to also disarm.
Neighboring Rwanda has accused the FDLR of participating in the
country's 1994 genocide. Mende says some of the disarmed rebels
participated in the genocide, while others are too young to have been
involved.
"Some of them are genociders really, but others are not because I
visited the camp the MONUSCO set up in Kanyabayonga, 200 kilometers
from Goma, and I witnessed that a majority of them are less than 20
years. These young men of 15 years, 16, 17 you can't call them
genociders ... there is a lot of Congolese women who are linked with
them, fiancé or wives and we have to take care of these compatriots."
Eyewitnesses in the North Kivu provinces expressed surprise at the
sight of the FDLR rebels' disarmament, especially since the insurgent
group has often attacked unarmed civilians in the area.
Mende says the administration in Kinshasa expects many more rebels
from the FDLR to surrender and hand in their weapons. More than 200 of
the rebels have handed their weapons to representatives of the
government, according Mende.
"Those in North Kivu and South Kivu, they respond to one command. That
is why we have a group already in North Kivu who gave back their guns
and another group in South Kivu and we are following a time table, and
we have discussed with them," said Mende. "We are waiting for about
1,300 to 1,500," he says, "this is the number for the FDLR remaining
in our country."
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