Rwanda Withdraws Last 1,100 Soldiers
Rwanda withdrew its last troops from neighboring Congo, with about 1,100 soldiers marching single file out of the country, Rwandan Maj. Gen. James Kabarebe said.
Thousands of civilians lined the roads and a helicopter gunship flew overhead as the troops, who were deployed in the border town of Goma and surrounding areas, walked the few miles from a sports stadium to Gisenyi, Rwanda.
The withdrawal was approved under a July 30 peace deal aimed at ending Congo’s four-year war. Congolese President Joseph Kabila pledged to disarm and repatriate Rwandan rebels who fled to Congo after carrying out a 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
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