A soldier from Laurent Desire Kabila's the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire flashes a Victory sign as he proceeds along with his comrades to Kinshasa 18 May 1997. In October 1996, Zairean opposition leader Laurent Desire Kabila, as head of the newly formed Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire, rallied forces consisting mostly of Tutsi from eastern Zaire and launched a full-scale rebellion against Mobutu, forcing him to flee the country, following failed peace talks in May 1997. On 17 May 1997, Kabila installed himself as head of state and renamed the country the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP via Getty Images)

RDC: Umupadiri yifuje ko intambara yo muri Lubumbashi yaba nk’iyo mu 1997

Padiri Timothy Mutonji w’i Lubumbashi ari mu masengesho ahoraho kugirango amahoro agaruke muri Repubulika ya Demokarasi ya Congo, aho yizera ko ituze rizakomeza, nubwo M23-AFC yakwigarurira Umujyi wa Lubumbashi, nk’uko byagenze mu 1997 igihe AFDL yinjiranaga na Laurent Kabila.

Uyu mupadiri mu kiganiro na Deutsche Welle yagize ati: “Igihe Kabila yigaruriraga Lubumbashi, nta bantu bapfuye. Hariho amasasu yarashwe mu kirere na DSP (umutwe wari ushinzwe kurinda Mobutu). Twabonye abasirikare bahunga, basiga intwaro zabo n’imyambaro yabo”.

Yakomeje agira ati: “Mu 1997, ibintu byose byabaye umunsi umwe. Kuri njye M23 ntihagera, ntihazabe intambara, kuko ibihe turimo bitoroshye. Ni ukubara umunsi ucyeye.”

Iki cyifuzo cya Padiri Mutonji ariko biragaragara ko atari cyo cy’Ingabo za Congo (FARDC). Ku wa Gatanu, Colonel Charles Majita Yav, umuyobozi wa serivisi ishinzwe uburere mboneragihugu muri FARDC, yakoresheje inama y’ubukangurambaga n’abasirikari bakuru na sosiyete sivile ya Haut-Katanga.

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