Abstract
Representatives of nongovernmental organizations and of the
international media have reported that troops of the former Rwandan
government are drilling at a number of sites, including those near
the Katindo and Mugunga camps, a report confirmed by the
Secretary-General of the United Nations in his November 18 statement
to the Security Council. These soldiers are well armed. Although
were obliged to surrender machetes and rifles as they arrived in
Zaire, many others passed the frontier with their arms, including
some heavy weaponry. Rwandan soldiers reportedly guard and maintain
howitzers and armored personnel carriers hidden in a warehouse in
Goma that is supposedly under the control of the Zairian military.
During its mission to the region in October and November, Human
Rights Watch/Africa obtained a detailed inventory of arms held by
the former Rwandan government army. Among the equipment are:
6 helicopters (1 Dauphin, 2 Alouette, 3 Gazelle)
50 anti-tank weapons (75 mm recoilless rifles)
40-50 SA-7 missiles
15 Mistral AAM missiles
46 air defense weapons (37 mm, 23 mm, 14.5 AAMG)
255 mortars (120 mm, 82 mm, 81 mm, 60 mm)
6 105 mm howitzers
56 armored personnel carriers (with cannons or machine
guns).