Burundi army known as Force de Défense Nationale du Burundi (FDNB) is taking back its rank and file back for refresher training.
Throughout this week, the Commander of the Land Force Gen Maj Jean Paul Habimana led moral talks in all military divisions. He recalled that discipline, education and training are the basis of professionalism and the success of an army.
The FDNB has been in the past months come under surprise attacks from rebels especially the 'Red Tabara' rebel movement (Mouvement de la Résistance pour un État de Droit (RED) â€" Tabara) that has its bases in neighbouring DRC.
Democratic Republic of Congo hosts a sizeable number of rebels whose ultimate goal is to effect regime change in Burundi.
At the beginning of this week, the Congolese forces FARDC reported that they had ejected the main Burundian rebel force from their stronghold in the eastern region near the two countries' border.
The Burundi FNL rebels National Forces of Liberation led by Aloise Nzabampema, is considered to be the main Burundian rebel force active in eastern DRC.
Dieudonne Kasereka, the army's South Kivu spokesman said, DRC troops 'dislodged and recovered the headquarters of the Burundi FNL rebels after three days of intense fighting.'
He said the Congolese army had also fought members of the CNRD (National Resistance Council for Democracy), another group active in South Kivu.
In September, the DRC army launched a large-scale operation against three rebel groups active in the east â€" the FNL, the CNRD and Red Tabara. Several deadly cross-border raids into Burundi in September were claimed by the Red Tabara.
With the security changes in DRC, the rebels are quickly forcing their way inside Burundi especially the forests of Muranvia, Nyaburunda and Kashongo as well as the Nyanzale Rudaga valley. This is definitely changing the security situation inside Burundi and putting pressure on the FDNB.
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