How 42 Ugandan youths were duped into Nkunda's army

Sources told The EastAfrican that the land controlled by Gen Nkunda was five times the size of Rwanda.

Rwanda is the common denominator in this issue. At the centre are two Rwandese who used their influence in a local non-governmental organisation that brings together Ugandans of Rwandan origin. One of them was at the time chairman of the NGO.

According to some of the petitions by the returnees have written to the NGO, the youths — all of whom are Ugandan Banyarwanda — were allegedly recruited by the two, working for Nkunda.

Following the house arrest of Gen Nkunda by the Kigali government last year, North Kivu has become a dead end for the young Ugandans.