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275:-Mpofi axis. However, Mboneza refused to follow this order as well, arguing that this would mean insufficient profits for his forces. In response, he was arrested on 12 August 2010. Mboneza was charged with insubordination, refusing to obey an order, and for his previous inaction during the Kilambo attack. However, 50 FARDC (ex-CNDP) troops subsequently surrounded the military prosecutor's office in
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In 2017, Mboneza was part of
Sultani Makenga's faction which broke off from the rest of M23, leaving Uganda to resume the insurgency in the eastern DR Congo. He subsequently assumed responsibility for leading the ground operations of this remnant group, serving directly under Makenga. In March 2022,
341:. The Congolese government responded by hiring ex-M23 troops to help to suppress the protests. Mboneza was involved in these efforts, cooperating with "a high-ranking Congolese army official" to enlist former rebels for pro-government operations.
893:"Final report of the fact-finding mission of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office into the mass rapes and other human rights violations committed by a coalition of armed groups along the Kibua-Mpofi axis in Walikale territory, North Kivu"
318:, capturing much of North Kivu. Mboneza rose to head of military operations in M23. In August 2013, the United States and France submitted a request to the United Nations, stating that Mboneza should be sanctioned for human rights violations.
353:, Mboneza was killed during this campaign, when a M23 force was defeated by the FARDC at the Runyoni frontline in June 2022. Sultani Makenga was also allegedly wounded in the same clash. In January 2023, the news site
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224:(CNDP), becoming a major and commander of the CNDP's 4th Battalion. On 9 March 2007, rebels who probably belonged to Mboneza's unit murdered Richard Bemeriki, priest of the Jomba parish church in
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Mboneza was held, forcing the lieutenant colonel's release. After this incident, the FARDC decided to punish Mboneza with a disciplinary sanction of 14-day-suspension and his transfer to
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in
November 2013, he was considered one of the group's main commanders alongside Sultani Makenga and others. M23 was largely dismantled, and its troops moved into refugee camps in
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accused him of having ordered the unlawful execution of a 24-year-old man for alleged thievery. At the time of M23's ultimate defeat and surrender to the FARDC and
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310:(M23) in 2012. Mboneza quickly defected to the new rebel group, leaving his post at Beni alongside his followers to join forces with the
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people. Throughout his life, he fought for several rebel groups. He had one relative, Emmanuel
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164:, (reportedly died June 2022) is or was a Congolese military officer and rebel. During his career he served in the
349:, eventually supported by other M23 factions, and retook some territory in North Kivu. According to the newspaper
839:"RDC: Recrutement, réarmement et réorganisation du M23, l'Ouganda et le Rwanda ont servi de base arrière"
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271:'s soldiers to face the rebels alone. Later, the FARDC ordered the 212th Brigade's redeployment to the
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He is often just called "Colonel
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mine, making tens of thousands of dollars per month. In July 2010 insurgents belonging to
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of Kakule la
Fontaine at Kasuo. The M23 forces subsequently launched a
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From CNDP to M23: The evolution of an armed movement in
Eastern Congo
460:"Ibyihariye kuri Brig Gen Mboneza nimero ya kabiri mu ndwanyi za M23"
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President
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197:. He belonged to the
122:212th Brigade (FARDC)
148:M23 offensive (2022)
120:4th Battalion (CNDP)
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794:MONUSCO, OHCHR 2011
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158:Yusufu Eric Mboneza
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915:Human Rights Watch
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245:lieutenant colonel
226:Rutshuru Territory
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