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Another notorious combatant has been captured, marking a significant loss for Kinshasa. One of the FDLR’s senior figures, known as Tokyo (real name Yoweri, from Kivuye in western Rwanda), was captured by AFC/M23 forces in a location called Muzimu (“Ghost”) in Masisi, North Kivu. Tokyo is a man of...

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Rwanda🇷🇼 now admits it works with #M23 as part of its "Defensive Measures' in #DRC🇨🇩. "Rwanda does engage in security coordination with AFC/M23", Rwanda's Ambassador to the U.S., Mathilde Mukantabana, tells the U.S. Ambassador Mukantabana says "Rwanda and AFC/M23 share a common interest in protecting Tutsi in DRC from the FDLR and other FARDC-backed extremist militias" and that her country's "interest extends beyond this: to prevent another genocidal cross-border insurgency, like in the late 1990s, that could threaten Rwanda’s very existence." She adds, "Our actions are narrowly focused on protecting the people of Rwanda by preventing cross-border genocidal threats. Rwanda’s defensive measures will adjust as the level of threat reduces,." On the implementation of the Washington Accords, she says, "Rwanda commits to a phased, simultaneous, and independently verified drawdown of its security coordination measures with AFC/M23, in direct proportion to FDLR disarmament milestones,".

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“We ARE Congolese and we ARE NOT asking for Congolese nationality” declares the Governor of North-Kivu, in response to Kinshasa’s policy of presenting members of AFC/M23, like the entire Congolese Tutsi community, as not Congolese.

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AFC/M23 is conducting several operations to save civilians who are being bombed by the Congolese-backed FDLR, Burundian army, and Wazalendo. Most of the ammunitions FDLR is using was provided by Belgium. All I can say for now is this: The enemy is being dealt with accordingly

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