{"id":53832,"date":"2022-11-24T06:44:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T06:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.bwiza.com\/2022\/11\/24\/eac-orders-m23-to-withdraw-or-face-fire\/"},"modified":"2022-11-24T06:44:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T06:44:52","slug":"eac-orders-m23-to-withdraw-or-face-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bwiza.com\/?p=53832","title":{"rendered":"EAC orders M23 to withdraw or face fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Luanda summit on the security crisis in eastern DR Congo has ordered the FDLR, a terrorist group composed of remnants responsible for the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, to disarm immediately and embark on an \u201cunconditional repatriation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kfKTHluB-nI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The summit took place in the Angolan capital Luanda on Wednesday, November 23.<\/p>\n<p>It was attended by heads of State including Presidents Jo\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o, the host, Felix Tshisekedi of DR Congo, Evariste Ndayishimiye of Burundi, Rwanda\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vincent Biruta, who represented President Paul Kagame, and former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who is the facilitator of the East African Community-led peace process.<\/p>\n<p>A communique released after the leaders\u2019 consultation says they expressed their concern about \u201cthe persistence of negative and terrorist forces in the eastern DRC, which constitutes a threat to peace, security, and stability in the sub-region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They decided that all local and foreign armed groups should put down weapons. 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