adminJohannesburg — The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) have missed the deadline set by the Southern African Development Community to voluntarily disarm themselves, it said on Saturday.
“The deadline set by the heads of state and government of Sadc… for the FDLR to disarm voluntarily or face military action expired yesterday, January 2, 2015,” Sadc chairman President Jacob Zuma said in a statement.
A joint summit by the SADC heads of state would be held in Luanda, Angola, to decide on the appropriate action to be taken.
Zuma urged the FDLR to come forward and disarm themselves unconditionally.
“Sadc remains committed to the internationally mandated objective of neutralising all negative forces operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including the FDLR, and remains ready to play its fullest part in this regard,” he said. — AFP
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