{"id":2000107184,"date":"2026-04-01T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T11:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/?p=2000107184"},"modified":"2026-04-03T09:50:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T07:50:02","slug":"nduhungirehe-urges-against-empty-words-following-drcs-fdlr-disarmament-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/nduhungirehe-urges-against-empty-words-following-drcs-fdlr-disarmament-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Nduhungirehe urges against empty words following DRC\u2019s FDLR disarmament claim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

He made the remarks following an announcement by the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) on March 29, 2026 that it had sent its deputy chief of staff, Lt Gen Nduru Jacques Ychaligonza to Kisangani to initiate operations to disarm FDLR fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has often claimed that the FDLR, terrorist group which Rwanda accuses of collaboration in destabilizing the region, is being used as a pretext.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda has shown that its fighters are already integrated into FARDC forces, both in combat operations in eastern Congo and in Kinshasa, and have long been involved in teaching genocidal ideology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lt Gen Nduru told the media on March 29, 2026 that he had been sent to eastern DRC, in the Kisangani area, to prepare operations against the FDLR. He stated: \u201cThey must surrender their weapons voluntarily or by force.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minister Nduhungirehe, commenting on a report by RFI about FARDC\u2019s push for FDLR disarmament, emphasized that agreements cannot be implemented through words alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe implementation of the Washington Peace and Prosperity Agreements requires concrete actions on the ground, not empty words, unfulfilled promises, endless awareness campaigns, or a government cacophony over the existence or threat posed by the FDLR genocidaires,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Concept of Operations (CONOPS) under the peace agreement signed by Rwanda and DRC in Washington, with support from the United States, indicates that the removal of Rwanda\u2019s security measures will be preceded by actions by the DRC to dismantle the FDLR terrorist group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Col (Rtd) Augustin Nshimiyimana, also known as Col Bora, a former FDLR combatant, recently told IGIHE that FARDC\u2019s statements about dismantling the FDLR would be hardly achieved, given the ongoing collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf they truly intended to act, they should start in Kinshasa, because the FDLR is there, and there are FDLR members within FARDC even today. These statements are deceptive\u2014they plan the operation secretly, but instead of announcing it, they should act immediately because the FDLR is already within FARDC ranks. Where would they even pursue them when they are already integrated?\u201d he wondered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previously, the number of FDLR combatants was estimated between 7,000 and 10,000 fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda continues to emphasize its commitment to the Washington Peace Agreement signed on December 4, 2025 and supports the Doha process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rwanda\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Amb. Olivier Nduhungirehe, has stated that the implementation of the peace agreement signed in Washington on December 4, 2025 requires concrete actions rather than mere promises that go unfulfilled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000107185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[151,72,99],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000107184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-48","tag-editors-choice","tag-featured-news-home","tag-greatlakesnews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000107185,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ndu.jpg","alt":"","caption":"Minister Nduhungirehe has called for concrete actions to dismantle the FDLR. ","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":785,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ndu.jpg","width":150,"height":118},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ndu.jpg","width":300,"height":236},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ndu.jpg","width":768,"height":603},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ndu.jpg","width":1000,"height":785},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ndu.jpg","width":1000,"height":785}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000107184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000107184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000107184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000107186,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000107184\/revisions\/2000107186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000107185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000107184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000107184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000107184"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000107184"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000107184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}