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"UN Secretary-General's Special Representative and the head of MONUSCO (United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) James Swan visited the Mubambiro transit camp in Masisi territory on Saturday. "Every ex-combatant who renounces armed struggle represents a step further away from violence, and every community that receives concrete support represents a step further towards peace," he said. Swan added the FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda) matter remains a priority and expressed appreciation to the parties seeking to solve it. One of the former FDLR combatants, Feza Musabimana, who among others awaiting repatriation to Rwanda, shared: "We led a very difficult life: stealing, looting, killing. It was hard to survive if you didn't loot. That's the life we led in the bush. That's precisely why I decided to leave the bush and come to civilian life." Clashes have continued in eastern DRC despite a ceasefire brokered by the United States and an accompanying economic agreement. Kinshasa has repeatedly accused Rwanda of backing the M23 rebel movement, an allegation Kigali denies. On March 2, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on the Rwandan Defence Force and four senior commanders, accusing them of violating the Washington Accords by continuing to support M23 operations, including the capture of the eastern Congolese city of Uvira in December."
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