CEPGL military to maintain pressure on FDLR

MATADI – The three military chiefs of member states of the Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL), a regional grouping that brings together Rwanda, Democratic Republic Congo and Burundi, agreed on Tuesday to maintain military pressure on FDLR rebels in eastern of DRC. Rwanda’s Chief of Defense Staff, Gen. James Kabarebe, DRC army Chief, Lt. Gen. Didier Etumba and Burundi’s Maj. Gen. Godefroid Niyombari, made the commitment during a meeting held in the western Congolese port city of Matadi to evaluate the recently concluded UN-backed “Operation Kimia II”.