International Courant
KAAMPALA, Uganda
Ugandan officers have rebuffed a UN Group of Specialists report accusing Uganda of harboring M23 rebels, describing the claims as an try and pressure relations with neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces stated the nation respects the DRC’s borders and territorial integrity and solely conducts cross-border operations with the consent of Kinshasha authorities.
Brig. Gen. Felix Kulayigye, the Director of Protection Public Info in Uganda, informed Anadolu that he’s not conscious of M23 rebels’ presence within the nation.
The UN Group of Specialists report stated that Uganda is offering sanctuary to the rebels and passage to the Rwanda Protection Forces troops, who journey to Jap DRC to struggle alongside M23 fighters towards the DRC authorities.
The UN sanctions forestall M23 insurgent leaders from travelling overseas, however the UN specialists indicated that Uganda permits them to journey via its territory and Entebbe Worldwide Airport.
M23 insurgent group stated their groups deployed exterior their operation zones in Kampala and different cities in East Africa and Southern Africa have been solely supposed for peace talks.
“Relating to the matter, we wish to remind the United Nations Group of Specialists that our groups (both delegation or illustration) have at all times been deployed exterior the world beneath our management for causes of peace and never warfare,” an announcement issued by Lawrence Kanyuka, the spokesperson of the M23 insurgent commander, reads partially.
“That is significantly the case with sure capitals of some international locations within the East and Southern Africa areas, which have lengthy served as venues for talks between our group and the Kinshasa regime to deliver peace to our nation,” the M23 famous.
Complicated internet of accusations
Uganda is embroiled in an online of accusations and denials regarding its position within the risky battle in jap Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Regardless of Uganda Individuals’s Protection Forces (UPDF) formally supporting DRC authorities forces towards Allied Democratic Forces rebels, Kampala faces accusations of aiding M23 rebels.
The Ugandan authorities vehemently denies direct involvement in DRC’s inside conflicts, saying its navy presence is a part of regional peacekeeping efforts. Uganda, like Rwanda, has beforehand intervened militarily in jap DRC, citing protection towards insurgent teams in 1996 and 1998.
The accusations of a duplicitous mission by Uganda spotlight the advanced dynamics of safety considerations of neighboring international locations and cross-border navy networks that are state and non-state sponsored.
International intervention in jap DRC has lengthy been a focus for discussions in both exacerbating or mitigating violence.
The dynamics and the precarious steadiness between in search of peace and navigating the intricate internet of alliances and animosities have elevated the danger of sucking neighboring international locations deeply into the battle.
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