{{A senior officer of the M23 rebel movement, Lt. Col. Saddam Ringo Edimo, has made a U-turn back to the ranks of DRC forces FARDC.}}<\/p>\n
Lt.Col. Saddam switched back to the national side Friday, October 5, military sources told local media. <\/p>\n
Saddam returned with him ten men, weapons and ammunition. He was sent Friday to DRC capital, Kinshasa, military sources reported.<\/p>\n
Lt.Col. Saddam was commander of the 6th sector of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) in Fizi-Baraka in South Kivu, before his defection in April.<\/p>\n
Several other FARDC officers had defected during the same month. Early May, they created a military political movement, called “M23”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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