Congo does not know what to do with rebels who surrender
It is proving hard to reintegrate them into society
AT THE ENTRANCE to a base for ex-rebels in Mubambiro, a town in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a young man paces to and fro, clasping a wooden replica of an AK-47, the rifle of choice for guerrillas everywhere. “I am the guard here,” he explains, “And I am used to having a gun, it makes me feel comfortable.”
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “No farewell to arms”
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