Congo, Rwanda spar over protocol to disarm Rwandan rebels The FDLR is a central issue in a peace deal signed by Congo and Rwanda in Washington last year. Africa 4 hours ago
Congo said on Tuesday a Rwandan armed group operating in eastern Congo had signed a protocol committing to disarmament, but Rwanda rejected the move as inconsistent with a US-brokered peace agreement between the two countries.
Congo's government said the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a group founded by ethnic Hutu fighters including some linked to the perpetrators of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, had signed a protocol on disarmament, demobilisation and cantonment.
The agreement commits the parties to implement a plan providing for the neutralisation of the FDLR and the disengagement of Rwandan forces in eastern Congo, making progress on the group a key test of the deal.
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