Rebels urged to return

Rwandan Prime Minister Bernard Makuza has urged rebels hiding out in the DRC to return home, Rwandan radio reported. In a speech on Thursday to mark the government’s seventh anniversary, he thanked residents in the northern Ruhengeri and Gisenyi prefectures for “cooperating with the security forces by revealing the hideouts of infiltrators who had come to destabilise security”. “He called upon those still in the Congo forests to peacefully return home and join hands with other citizens in nation building,” the radio said.

Makuza added that although much had been achieved, there were areas that still needed to be addressed such as the fight against poverty, promoting the private sector, preparing the national constitution, promoting unity and reconciliation, supporting human development and helping genocide survivors.