Colonel Charles Sematama, commander of the 3411th regiment of the FARDC based in Kitchanga (Masisi territory, North Kivu), deserted, according to several sources within the FARDC. It’s Very likely would have joined another deserter Colonel Rukunda Makanika at Minembwe.
The leader of the self-defence militia Twirwaneho ,Colonel Makanika Rukunda, confirmed to having received at his base of Kamombo at Minembwe in the province of South Kivu on Sunday February 28, 2021, Colonel Charles Sematama ex Commander 3411 based in Masisi, Kitchanga.
Since the defections of soldiers from FARDC to join the self-defence militia of Twirwaneho, the killings of Banyamulenge civilians has decreased, and peasants are able to attend to their crops and animals-While children have begun attending school.
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