Gen. Kabare who was giving a lecture to Rwandan youth last week under the theme: \u2018Building from the foundations of our history\u201d was responding to questions from the youth that had expressed a keen interest in understanding how one person could command armies of two countries concurrently. <\/p>\n
In 1996, the General related, Alliance des Forces D\u00e9mocratiques pour la Lib\u00e9ration du Congo (AFDL) militants led by Laurent D\u00e9sir\u00e9 Kabila with the help of Rwanda Patriotic Army started a war to overthrow Mobutu Sese Seko who had ruled the then Zaire for 30 years. <\/p>\n
RPA allied with Kabila\u2019s AFDL to stop genocidaires that had committed atrocities in Rwanda during the1994 genocide against the Tutsi and were using Eastern DRC as a military base to create more incursions and instability against Rwanda government. <\/p>\n
After defeating Mobutu and Kabila became president, his army lacked military expertise and that is how Rwanda offered Gen. James Kabarebe to command the DRC army. <\/p>\n
Gen. Kaberebe took the youth through how and why Rwanda fell out with Laurent Desire Kabira and in-fights that ensued thereafter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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