The M23 rebels criticized the governance of the DRC and called for a federal system of government.
The rebels made the announcement at a meeting that was attended by former members of a political party of former Congolese president Joseph Kabila in the eastern village of Kiwanja.
The meeting by the M23 rebels and a political movement known as the Congo River Alliance was held at a village under their control in the east of the DRC.Their call has been condemned by many Congolese citizens who accuse the M23 rebels of being a proxy of neighboring Rwanda.But a report by UN experts says it found evidence of Rwandan troops fighting alongside the rebels on Congolese territory.
The rebels’ meeting has sparked anger in the DRC because it was attended by the former head of the DRC’s electoral commission Corneille Nangaa and three ex-officials of the political party of the former president Joseph Kabila. That has raised speculation about a collaboration between the rebel group and the former president’s party. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
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