DR CONGO · GEOPOLITICS
Key Facts
—The protocol: Kinshasa announced on 28 July that the FDLR had signed an agreement to disarm, demobilise and move into cantonment sites away from combat zones.
—The dissolution clause: FDLR leaders committed to dissolving the organisation, and accepted that fighters facing evidence of criminal responsibility answer in court.
—The conditions: The group asked that no combatant be repatriated to Rwanda by force, with relocation to unnamed third countries as the alternative.
