The spokesperson for the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), Major General Sylvain Ekenge, denied on Saturday, July 26, allegations of infiltration by alleged FDLR elements trained and equipped in Burundi to commit targeted massacres against the Banyamulenge population. These accusations had been made the day before, July 25, by the MRDP-Twirwaneho armed group, operating in the Fizi highlands.
In a statement, the army spokesperson stated that these allegations are "completely baseless" and constitute a "desperate attempt to alienate national and international opinion" and to "sabotage the efforts undertaken within the framework of the Washington and Doha peace processes."
However, the FARDC revealed that it had "verified and cross-checked" information regarding a planned massacre of the Banyamulenge population of Minembwe, in South Kivu, by the TWIRWANEHO armed group. This criminal plan also allegedly involved the complicity of RED TABARA, another armed group active in the region.
The objective of this pogrom, according to the FARDC, was to "create an outcry and blame the Congolese and Burundian governments through their defense and security forces."
Faced with this threat, the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo denounce and condemn the "criminal appetites" of these forces of evil and their tendency to torpedo efforts to restore peace in eastern DRC.
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