Kinshasa Rwandan Defense Forces Special Forces Sent to Kinshasa Sunday, June
8, 2014 Sunday, June 8, 2014
Last night, military planes carrying more than three hundred and two
Rwandan soldiers and M23 former rebels landed here, at the Ndolo airport. I
then saw a column of military truck carrying them towards the military camp
of Kakolo, sources at the Ndolo Airport in Kinshasa, the capital of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, told AfroAmerica Network.
We do not know the origin of the troops, except that a couple of hours
before, we had received orders from the Office of the President [Joseph
Kabila] and the security services to get the airport secured for an
important guest, the sources added.
According to other independent sources in Kinshasa, contacted by
AfroAmerica Network, the troops came from Kigali, Rwanda. Actually the
planes that landed
at the Ndolo Airport carried slightly less than 2 companies, the majority of
whom are Rwandan Defense Special Forces and the rest were M23 former rebels.
All spoke speak KiSwahili and French, the independent sources, said,
adding that other troops, about a company, entered Kinshasa from
Brazzaville, Congo. They all went to camp Kakolo.
The reasons for the presence of Rwandan Special Forces in Kinshasa are not
clear. Sources close to M23 commander Colonel Baudouin Ngaruye, who is in
Kigali, Rwanda, confirmed to AfroAmerica Network that the troops were flown
to Kinshasa, but denied that these troops are M23 rebels.
No. these troops are not M23. We also learned that Joseph Kabila and
General Paul Kagame have agreed, for unknown reasons, to have Rwandan
Special
Forces sent to Kinshasa, under the cover of M23. M23 had to provide a few
soldiers who know North-Kivu very well.
Rwandan Special Forces selected are those who speak Swahili and French. The
reasons... we do not know. That is what we can say, the sources said.
Recently, there have been tensions in Kinshasa between Joseph Kabila and his
opposition. The opposition suspects Joseph Kabila of seeking to hold onto
power after his term expires in 2 years.
Western diplomats in Kinshasa, including the US Special Representative in
the DRC and the Great Lakes Region, Russell Feingold, and the UN Secretary
General representative Martin Kobler, recently expressed their desire to see
Joseph Kabila step aside after his current terms. Joseph Kabila has reacted
angrily
and accused the diplomats of interfering in Congolese internal affairs.
There are fears that if Joseph Kabila decides to go on with his plan, there
will be violence in Kinshasa. It is believed that the Rwandan Special Forces
in Kinshasa may be there to preempt and eventually repress any protest.
Others observers say that the forces will rather be sent in Eastern DRC, to
reinforce if not take the command of FARDC operations so that they may
recreate conditions for M23 rebels to reintegrate FARDC troops, without
being forced to agree to the terms of the disarmament. Last week, a DRC
government delegation had traveled to Kigali to get M23 rebels to sign the
disarmament agreements. The DRC Government delegation was turned down and
return to Kinshasa without any M23 rebel signing the documents.
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