DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO–FDLR SURRENDER PROTOCOL: Diplomatic Coup or Bluff?
2 outletsAujourd'hui au Faso and Le Pays
Announcement of FDLR weapons handover in DRC: the Washington agreement starts to move... (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
The DRC has announced the surrender of FDLR combatants, Rwandan Hutu rebels operating in the east, under the Washington Agreement. The article remains cautious: it concerns only about one of six camps, and Rwanda disputes the announcement's significance.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO–FDLR SURRENDER PROTOCOL: Diplomatic Coup or Bluff? (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
Kinshasa has announced the signing of a surrender protocol with the FDLR, a Rwandan rebel group operating in the DRC. Kigali has called the announcement a "manipulation", and implementation of the Washington peace agreement remains uncertain.