- Forces for Renewal
The Forces for Renewal (" _fr. Forces du Renouveau") is a political party in the
Democratic Republic of Congo . The party originated as a breakaway faction of the rebelRally for Congolese Democracy (RCD) and was previously known as the RCD-Kisangani-Movement for Liberation.The RCD-K-ML was accorded 15 seats in the Transitional National Assembly and participated in the Transitional Government headed by
Joseph Kabila .Human Rights Watch has accused RCD-K-ML of conscripting
child soldiers . [ [http://www.watchlist.org/reports/files/dr_congo.report.20060426.php?p=15 CHILDREN ASSOCIATED WITH ARMED FORCES AND GROUPS] , "The Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict",2006-01-31 , accessed on2007-02-11 ]Their leader,
Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi came eleventh in the 2006 presidential elections with 96,503 votes, and won 26 seats in the simultaneous election to the National Assembly.It won seven out of 108 seats in the indirect elections to the Senate.
It joined the government of
Antoine Gizenga where Nyamwisi became Foreign Minister.References
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