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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