DR Congo urged to solve crisis instead of accusing constantly Rwanda

DR Congo urged to solve crisis instead of accusing constantly Rwanda

BY GEORGE KAGAME&
ARTHUR MORDAUNT
Johannesburg

The Executive Secretary of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region Liberata Mulamula has called upon the DR Congo government to find a solution to the strife in the Eastern part of the country instead of its continued accusations against Rwanda

Mulamula who was addressing journalists at the sidelines of the 10th session of the Pan African Parliament in Johannesburg South Africa said the Great Lakes Region was facing conflicts because countries in this area were emerging from longstanding conflicts and therefore do not have mechanisms to control internal problems. She added that DR Congo was at the epicenter of all conflicts in the region.

Talking about the recent outbreaks of war in the Eastern part of DR Congo, Mulamula said the country had failed to deal with the issues that led to the raise of dissident General Laurent Nkunda: “the Nkunda factor is an internal problem for DR Congo but it has heightened relations between the country and Rwanda. They constantly allege that Rwanda supports Nkunda but nobody even the UN force in the region –MONUC has comer up with evidence to suggest this is true.”

She continued that accusations of Rwanda’s support to Nkunda do not help anybody in bringing peace to Eastern Congo. Mulamula advised the Congolese government to deal with the negative forces of Interahamwe which cause legitimate security concerns for Rwanda: “there was no Nkunda factor before the Interahamwe issues; it is only when these negative forces are repatriated that peace will prevail in the region,” Mulamula said.


Mulamula further congratulated Angola and Rwanda for creating stable economies with even peaceful and successful elections while some of its neighbours were fighting.
She however lamented the various initiatives that have been undertaken to bring about peace IN THE Great Lakes Region saying they were documents which are not implemented because of limited political will from some stakeholders.

Eastern Congo is currently in crisis after heavy fighting between the government forces against those of the troops under the command of dissident General Laurent Nkunda, the fighting between the two warring sides has displaced over 150,000 people in the region.