Congo-Kinshasa: Bemba Orders Withdrawal To Barracks

Jean-Pierre Bemba, leader of the Congolese Liberation Front (CLF), has ordered his troops to close recently established military camps and return to their barracks in northeastern DRC, according to media reports.

"I order all our troops in Maboya, Musienene and Kyondo to pull back immediately and return to barracks in Beni", near the Ugandan border, AFP quoted Bemba as saying in a statement issued on Thursday. Uganda and Rwanda began the disengagement of troops on Wednesday last, as part of a UN Security Council disengagement and withdrawal plan due to start on 15 May.

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