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RCD-Goma leaders in talks to determine movement's future

    NAIROBI

    Founding members of the pro-Rwandan Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD-Goma) rebel movement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been holding talks since 30 July to discuss the movement's politico-military future, the Rwandan News Agency (RNA) reported on Thursday. RNA noted that of 50 original founding members, "only 20 remain in the RCD, following dissent".

    According to RNA, members of the movement are "evaluating how to transform the rebel movement into a competitive political party following transformation of the DRC's political environment", after Tuesday's signing of a renewed peace deal between the DRC and neighbouring Rwanda.

    RNA cited RCD-Goma Secretary-General Azarias Ruberwa Manywa as saying the inter-Congolese dialogue "was certain to resume" in order to achieve the reunification of the DRC through a government of national unity and unitary army, within the context of an all-inclusive peace accord.

    "Our movement must be prepared to face the new political setting in which we shall have a place of our choice as a result of the gains made in our struggle, which has permitted the Congolese to find the path of democracy as a result of the struggle that began on 2 August 1998," RNA quoted an unnamed adviser to the RCD-Goma leadership as saying.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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