By Edwin Musoni
Rwandans living in the US have petitioned President Barrack Obama over the Eastern DRC crisis.
Congolese soldiers during a past operation.
The petition asks the US President to ‘thoroughly evaluate the current
conflict in the DRC, within the context of its roots in
ethno-nationalist conflict, including the divisive governance of DRC
which for the last several decades has provided safe haven to
genocidaires and their sympathisers.’
In a letter dated December 11, 2012, they explain to Obama the origin of
the Congo crisis and accuse the international community, including the
United Nations, of orchestrating a propaganda campaign against Rwanda.
The war-torn eastern DRC early this year again plunged in another crisis
following the creation of a new mutinous rebel group, the M23, that
accuses the Kinshasa leadership of violating a March 23, 2009 peace
agreement.
The letter, signed by Yvette Nyombayire Rugasaguhunga on behalf of the
Rwandan Community in North America, also called urged Washington DC to
work with involved parties to implement the Kampala communiqué, an
initiative led by leaders of the International Conference on the Great
Lakes Region (ICGLR).
The group also asked President Obama to hold the concerned parties
accountable for breaking the March 23, 2009 peace deal, setting a solid
foundation to implement the outcome of the ongoing talks between the
government of DRC and M23.
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