Analysts Say Ugandan Troops Heading to DR Congo to Make Amends for the Past: DRC Uganda
Uganda already has hundreds of troops in the DRC, sent a year ago to help fight the Allied Democratic Forces , an Islamic State-allied rebel group.
Uganda will be the third country to deploy troops to the DRC under the East African Community force after hundreds of Kenyan and Burundian troops arrived in recent weeks. A 2013 peace deal that integrated into the DRC military some members of the March 23 Movement rebels, known as M23, fell apart last year.
Alexander Rosero is a research fellow with the Institute for Pan African Thought and Conversation at the University of Johannesburg. Speaking to VOA by a messaging application, he said the regional force should be more effective than bilateral deals."Because everyone would eventually emerge a loser where diplomacy and negotiation are not given a chance," he said."This time around, this is an opportunity for them to actually correct their wrong mistakes.
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