Who is Brig.Gen Francis Kamanzi
Between a general’s defection and a return to his roots—here are the facts you need to know about General François Kamanzi: François Kamanzi is a senior officer in the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) who has recently joined the FRN rebel movement, associated with Joseph Kabila. After,running that he has been demoted;he crossed to brazaville where it's rumoured that he is sheltered in the Rwandan embassy,waiting to be taken enroute to Kigali. He hails from the locality of KATSIRU, in the Bukombo groupement, not far from the town of Mweso in the Rutshuru territory. François Kamanzi is a "Congolese Tutsi" who completed his secondary education in Mweso. He is brother in-law of General Sultan Emmanuel Makenga. Along with other young Tutsis living in Bibwe, Nyanzale, and Matenga, he joined the RPF (FPR)—led by Rwandan President Paul_Kagame—to overthrow the regime of former Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana. Later, he returned to Congo as part of the AFDL, alongside Rwanda...