During his weekly press briefing in Kinshasa, the Head of the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Amos Namanga Ngongi, said the withdrawal of foreign troops from the DRC was continuing with the departure in the past week of some 2,000 Ugandan troops from the northeast of the country.
He said this positive evolution was in accordance of the Lusaka Accords and Security Council resolutions.
He also welcomed the start today of the withdrawal of Zimbabwean troops from the town of Mbandaka.
Speaking of the first class of police trainers in Kisangani –- which we flagged for you yesterday –- Ngongi said the event was to allow the Congolese people to have a police force which they could trust and which could protect human rights.
The full text of the press briefing is available upstairs, if you read French.
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