{{Rwandan is examining extradition requests for four former senior M23 rebels wanted by the Democratic Republic of Congo, Foreign Affairs Minister Louise Mushikiwabo said on Thursday.}}<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ministry of Justice is examining the requests,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
On July 25, Kinshasa issued three arrest orders for four former M23 rebels who fled to Rwanda in mid- March following a split in the group.<\/p>\n
The extradition request targets Jean-Marie Runiga, M23\u2019s former political chief, Colonel Baudouin Ngaruye, who according to Kinshasa is a self-proclaimed M23 brigadier general, and two other senior rebels Lieutenant-colonel Eric Badege and Colonel Innocent Zimurinda.<\/p>\n
The M23 is composed mainly of former Congolese Tutsi rebels who were integrated into the DRC army in late 2009 but then mutinied in 2012.<\/p>\n
The group has been active in DR Congo\u2019s troubled eastern province of North Kivu for a year and a half.<\/p>\n
In February, the group split into two different factions, one loyal to a commander, Sultani Makenga, and the other loyal to political leader Runiga. <\/p>\n
This split resulted in fierce fighting that sent some 700 men from Runiga\u2019s faction crossing into Rwanda to seek refuge.<\/p>\n
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