{The UN peacekeeping mission and the DR Congo government are holding FDLR rebels against their will barring them from returning home – including a Colonel, Captain and 25 other junior soldiers}
Among them is FDLR Colonel Ferdinand Bembabahizi who was arrested in South Kivu on his way to Rwanda. He is currently being kept at a DRC army camp in Bukavu. The information has also been confirmed by media in Rwanda.
Another, Captain Tumusifu Karege is detained against his will at a FARDC camp outside Goma in North Kivu. At another MONUSCO facility, there are 25 junior FDLR soldiers who have been blocked from going home since October 11.
More than 12,000 FDLR rebels have voluntarily repatriated home since 2001, in a trend that has seen almost a daily flow of combatants. However, local media in Rwanda are reporting that since October 11, no combatants have been recorded by Rwandan authorities.
RNA
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