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1000 ex-M23 rebels escape from Ugandan camp
Publish Date: Dec 17, 2014
"A thousand rebels from the M23 (group) have escaped" from the camp in Bihanga, about 300 kilometres (190 miles) southwest of the Ugandan capital Kampala, a spokesman for the Ugandan army said on the official Twitter account.
"They said they were worried about their safety if they were sent back to the Democratic Republic of Congo."
Several of the ex-rebels were wounded by gunshots after those in the camp refused to board army trucks sent in before dawn to take them to the airport, according to M23 chief Bertrand Bisimwa.
A Ugandan officer speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity admitted the operation had encountered "resistance" and confirmed that several in the camp were wounded by bullets.
The Ugandan army said the camp had been holding 1,373 former M23 fighters. An AFP reporter at Entebbe airport saw 120 of them board a plane bound for the DRC.
The Ugandan army spokesman, Lieutenant-Colonel Paddy Ankunda, said via Twitter that troops were now searching for the 1,000 "who escaped the repatriation".
He insisted that "no member of M23 was forced to be repatriated towards the DRC."
But in Kampala, where he lives, Bisimwa disputed that. He said the attempt to return the M23 former fighters to the DRC was "a violation of international law" and of a peace deal reached a year ago between the DRC and the group.
The rebels' 18-month war, during which they briefly seized the key DRC town of Goma, capital of mineral-rich North Kivu province, was brought to an end in 2013 by government troops and UN peacekeepers. The fighters fled into neighbouring Uganda and Rwanda.
They signed papers in May vowing not to fight again in return for a possible amnesty.
M23 leaders last month warned they would fight again should agreements fail. The defeated rebels told AFP of mounting frustrations among the group's confined-to-camp fighters.
While the M23 was defeated, multiple armed groups still operate in a region that has been in conflict for the best part of two decades.
Much of the rebel activity consists of abuses against civilians and illegal exploitation of natural resources such as metals, ivory or timber.
AFP
DRC to Start Repatriating Ex-M23 Rebels
December 04, 2014 11:13 AM
KINSHASA—
Democratic Republic of
Congo is to start repatriating former M23 rebels from neighboring
countries, a government official said on Thursday, a process it hopes
will prevent the defeated insurgents from regrouping.
More than a thousand fighters are believed to have fled into Rwanda and Uganda after Congolese and U.N. forces quashed the eastern rebellion in 2013. Most now live in military-run camps awaiting amnesties promised under a peace deal.
“They will leave behind their arms and proceed to the beginning of repatriation,” said Francois Muamba, the Congolese official responsible for overseeing implementation of the deal.
Congo has come under international pressure to speed up implementing the peace deal, which grants amnesties for former rebels who promise not to take part in any future insurrections. It does not apply to those wanted for war crimes.
Muamba said the repatriation mission by a high-level delegation was still awaiting a final approval from Rwanda. Rwandan officials were not immediately available for comment.
Uganda's State Minister for Foreign Affairs Henry Okello Oryem said a Congolese delegation was expected on Friday.
“We gave [Congo] a one-month ultimatum about six weeks ago to come and repatriate their people because they've been maligning us that we're protecting rebels,” he told Reuters.
Oryem said Uganda was hosting 1,430 ex-M23 fighters and had threatened to give them refugee status, which would allow them to circulate freely, something that would concern Kinshasa.
Rwanda and Uganda were accused by U.N. experts of supporting M23 with troops, arms and intelligence during the 2012-13 conflict, though both countries denied it.
In its most recent report, in June, the experts warned that M23 members were escaping from camps in Rwanda and there was growing evidence the movement was regrouping in Uganda.
Some 330 ex-fighters now in Uganda and 229 in Rwanda have so far been amnestied, Muamba said. More would be announced in the coming days, he added.
The former combatants will be sent to the Kamina military base in southeastern Congo to enter a demobilization and disarmament program.
The UN refugee agency said escaped M23 detainees, including some
subject to war crimes probes, tried to find alternative refuge in Uganda
on Tuesday, saying they feared retribution on return to the eastern
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Ugandan military spokesman Ronald Kakurunga said dozens fled into the bush as 120 ex-rebels were being taken by truck to Entebbe airport on Tuesday.
They had belonged to a group of 1,300 March 23 Movement followers kept at a camp at Bihanga in southwest Uganda since Congolese and UN soldiers put an end to 20 months of insurgency in eastern DRC in 2012 and 2013.
At the time, hundreds of people were killed and 800,000 displaced. A regional accord stipulates that fighters suspected of war crimes could still be put on trial.
M23 spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa said Uganda's repatriation move on Tuesday was in "violation of international law."
He said M23 ex-rebels had first wanted firm protection guarantees from the DRC government, based in Kinshasa.
Killings in Beni region
On Tuesday, Human Rights Watch urged the International Criminal Court to probe more recent killings of scores of villagers in DRC's northeastern Beni region.
The UN mission MONUSCO and the army of DRC said that, since Saturday, they had begun a joint operation against a mainly Muslim rebel movement from neighboring Uganda, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
MONUSCO has a mandate to protect civilians and neutralize armed groups.
More than a thousand fighters are believed to have fled into Rwanda and Uganda after Congolese and U.N. forces quashed the eastern rebellion in 2013. Most now live in military-run camps awaiting amnesties promised under a peace deal.
“They will leave behind their arms and proceed to the beginning of repatriation,” said Francois Muamba, the Congolese official responsible for overseeing implementation of the deal.
Congo has come under international pressure to speed up implementing the peace deal, which grants amnesties for former rebels who promise not to take part in any future insurrections. It does not apply to those wanted for war crimes.
Muamba said the repatriation mission by a high-level delegation was still awaiting a final approval from Rwanda. Rwandan officials were not immediately available for comment.
Uganda's State Minister for Foreign Affairs Henry Okello Oryem said a Congolese delegation was expected on Friday.
“We gave [Congo] a one-month ultimatum about six weeks ago to come and repatriate their people because they've been maligning us that we're protecting rebels,” he told Reuters.
Oryem said Uganda was hosting 1,430 ex-M23 fighters and had threatened to give them refugee status, which would allow them to circulate freely, something that would concern Kinshasa.
Rwanda and Uganda were accused by U.N. experts of supporting M23 with troops, arms and intelligence during the 2012-13 conflict, though both countries denied it.
In its most recent report, in June, the experts warned that M23 members were escaping from camps in Rwanda and there was growing evidence the movement was regrouping in Uganda.
Some 330 ex-fighters now in Uganda and 229 in Rwanda have so far been amnestied, Muamba said. More would be announced in the coming days, he added.
The former combatants will be sent to the Kamina military base in southeastern Congo to enter a demobilization and disarmament program.
Repatriation in Uganda turns violent
A bid by Ugandan authorities to repatriate former M23 rebels back to the
Democratic Republic of Congo has turned violent. Dozens escaped en
route to the airport. Ugandan troops were accused of wounding some
ex-rebels.
Ugandan military spokesman Ronald Kakurunga said dozens fled into the bush as 120 ex-rebels were being taken by truck to Entebbe airport on Tuesday.
They had belonged to a group of 1,300 March 23 Movement followers kept at a camp at Bihanga in southwest Uganda since Congolese and UN soldiers put an end to 20 months of insurgency in eastern DRC in 2012 and 2013.
At the time, hundreds of people were killed and 800,000 displaced. A regional accord stipulates that fighters suspected of war crimes could still be put on trial.
M23 spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa said Uganda's repatriation move on Tuesday was in "violation of international law."
He said M23 ex-rebels had first wanted firm protection guarantees from the DRC government, based in Kinshasa.
Killings in Beni region
On Tuesday, Human Rights Watch urged the International Criminal Court to probe more recent killings of scores of villagers in DRC's northeastern Beni region.
The UN mission MONUSCO and the army of DRC said that, since Saturday, they had begun a joint operation against a mainly Muslim rebel movement from neighboring Uganda, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
MONUSCO has a mandate to protect civilians and neutralize armed groups.
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M23 Rebels Protest Forced Repatriation
By: Our Reporter
Published: December 18, 2014
M23 rebels have petitioned the Angolan President Eduardo Dos
Santos who also doubles the chairperson of the International Conference
on the Great Lakes Region protesting the manner of their repatriation to
the Democratic Republic of Congo.
On Tuesday this week, the DRC embarked on preparations to repatriate
the former rebels from Bihanga military Camp in Uganda in line with the
Nairobi peace accord.
However, some of the rebels fled into hiding. Now, Bertrand Bisiimwa, the leader of the rebels has written to Dos Santos explaining their escape from Bihanga Camp.
In his December 17th letter to Dos Santos, a copy of which URN has obtained, Bisiimwa says that on Tuesday December 16th, at around 04:00 AM several trucks drove into Bihanga Military camp and the officers ordered the ex-combatants to board for transportation to Entebbe airport, where they would be airlifted by Congolese Government aircrafts to DRC.
He says to escape, the forceful repatriation, which goes against their peace agreement with the government, the ex-combatants chose to withdraw to the hills overlooking BIHANGA camp, where they are camped.
He says some of the ex-combatants are seriously injured adding that, they don’t know the situation of their colleagues who couldn’t move.
The rebels want the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region- ICGLR to reign in on the Ugandan and Congolese government to stick to the Nairobi declarations.
While the rebels insist they are camped at Bihanga hills, Lt Colonel Paddy Ankunda, the UPDF spokesperson says the army has information that the rebels are at Rwamwanja refugee camp.
He says the army has started hunting for the rebels who escaped from the camp
M23 denounced war in 2012 and entered into peace negotiations with the DRC government in Kampala. The two parties later signed a Declaration in Nairobi, which provided for the repatriation and reintegration of the rebels into the community.
It is this declaration that has now become a subject of contention between the rebels and the Congolese government.
While the contention persists, UPDF is handing over the former rebels in their custody to the DRC government. On Tuesday, over 120 rebels were handed over to the DRC government at the army air base in Entebbe.
M23 leader Sultani Makenga surrendered to the UPDF on Thursday in Kisoro, south western Uganda.
However, some of the rebels fled into hiding. Now, Bertrand Bisiimwa, the leader of the rebels has written to Dos Santos explaining their escape from Bihanga Camp.
In his December 17th letter to Dos Santos, a copy of which URN has obtained, Bisiimwa says that on Tuesday December 16th, at around 04:00 AM several trucks drove into Bihanga Military camp and the officers ordered the ex-combatants to board for transportation to Entebbe airport, where they would be airlifted by Congolese Government aircrafts to DRC.
He says to escape, the forceful repatriation, which goes against their peace agreement with the government, the ex-combatants chose to withdraw to the hills overlooking BIHANGA camp, where they are camped.
He says some of the ex-combatants are seriously injured adding that, they don’t know the situation of their colleagues who couldn’t move.
The rebels want the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region- ICGLR to reign in on the Ugandan and Congolese government to stick to the Nairobi declarations.
While the rebels insist they are camped at Bihanga hills, Lt Colonel Paddy Ankunda, the UPDF spokesperson says the army has information that the rebels are at Rwamwanja refugee camp.
He says the army has started hunting for the rebels who escaped from the camp
M23 denounced war in 2012 and entered into peace negotiations with the DRC government in Kampala. The two parties later signed a Declaration in Nairobi, which provided for the repatriation and reintegration of the rebels into the community.
It is this declaration that has now become a subject of contention between the rebels and the Congolese government.
While the contention persists, UPDF is handing over the former rebels in their custody to the DRC government. On Tuesday, over 120 rebels were handed over to the DRC government at the army air base in Entebbe.
