Congolese General Faustine Munene Arrested in Pointe Noire, COngo
General Faustine Munene Arrested in Pointe Noire, Congo
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Photo: General Faustine Munene
Sources in the Democratic Republic of the Congo inform AfroAmerica Network that the Congolese General Faustine Munene, who had claimed to launch an armed rebellion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in November 2010 was arrested in the neighboring Congo-Brazzaville. According to the same sources, he was arrested in the town of Pointe Noire where he had been trying to recruit exiled Congolese.
General Munene had claimed to launch the rebellion following a failed arrest by the Congolese security services in October 2010 (see our AfroAmerica Network article: New Armed Rebellion in DRC Launched by General Faustine Munene of November 10, 2010 here). He was able to pass through the security net into an neighbor’s residential premises, believed to belong to an Angolan. Wearing women clothes he was then able to cross the Congolese river into the Republic of the Congo.
General Faustine Munene is a nephew of the Congolese independence hero, Pierre Mulele. He hails from Bandundu, Western DRC. When Mulele was captured and savagery tortured and killed by General Mobutu, Faustine Munene fled to Angola. He enlisted in the independence rebellion, MPLA , and rose through the ran
ks of the army of Angola to become a Colonel. When Laurent Desire Kabila sought to overthrow General Mobutu, Faustine Munene joined his AFDL army and was promoted to General. After Laurent Kabila’ AFDL took power, Faustine Munene occupied the functions of Vice Minister of Interior and Security, Army Chief of Staff and Justice Minister.
Following the assassination of Laurent Desire Kabila, General Munene fell out with Joseph Kabila, the son of Laurent Kabila who succeeded his father.
Over this year, Joseph Kabila suspected General Munene of supporting various rebellions going on in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
©AfroAmerica Network, 2011.
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