Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda

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The Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR) is a Hutu rebel group operating mainly in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, composed in part of perpetrators and remnants of forces involved in the 1994 Rwandan genocide and long implicated in regional violence and atrocities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hutu militia ⓘ
armed group ⓘ
non-state armed group ⓘ
rebel group ⓘ
accusedOf crimes against humanity ⓘ
massacres of civilians ⓘ
recruitment of child soldiers ⓘ
sexual violence ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
activeSince late 1990s ⓘ
composedOf perpetrators of the 1994 Rwandan genocide ⓘ
countryOfOperation Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Rwanda ⓘ
designatedAs terrorist organization by Rwanda ⓘ
terrorist organization by the United Nations sanctions regime ⓘ
terrorist organization by the United States ⓘ
ethnicBase Hutu ⓘ
financedBy illegal exploitation of natural resources ⓘ
illegal taxation of local populations ⓘ
smuggling ⓘ
formedFrom remnants of Interahamwe militia ⓘ
remnants of Rwandan government forces ⓘ
hasIdeology Hutu Power ⓘ
linked to: Hutu

anti-Rwandan government ⓘ
hasLanguage French ⓘ
Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
hasLeader Callixte Mbarushimana ⓘ
Ignace Murwanashyaka ⓘ
Sylvestre Mudacumura ⓘ
headquartersLocation eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
involvedIn Ituri conflict ⓘ
Kivu conflict ⓘ
Second Congo War ⓘ
post-genocide Rwandan insurgency ⓘ
monitoredBy United Nations Group of Experts on the DRC ⓘ
opposes Government of Rwanda ⓘ
Rwandan Patriotic Front ⓘ
precededBy Armée de libération du Rwanda ⓘ
primaryAreaOfOperation eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
subjectOf International Criminal Court investigations ⓘ
subjectTo United Nations sanctions ⓘ
arms embargo ⓘ
targets Rwandan government interests ⓘ
civilians in eastern Congo ⓘ
usesTactic guerrilla warfare ⓘ
hit-and-run attacks ⓘ
intimidation of civilians ⓘ

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Second Congo War → involvedParty → Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda ⓘ
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2098 → targets → Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda ⓘ
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South Kivu → hasArmedGroupPresence → Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda ⓘ
linked to: Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda
Interahamwe militias → successorOrganization → Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda ⓘ
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Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda → precededBy → Armée de libération du Rwanda ⓘ
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Mai-Mai militias → opposedTo → Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda ⓘ
linked to: Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda
FDLR → fullName → Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda ⓘ
linked to: Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda
FDLR → fullName → Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda ⓘ
Force Intervention Brigade → targetedGroup → Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda ⓘ
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Ignace Murwanashyaka → memberOf → Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda ⓘ
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Ignace Murwanashyaka → movement → Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda ⓘ
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Mai-Mai Yakutumba → opposes → Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda ⓘ
linked to: Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda
Raia Mutomboki → opposes → Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda ⓘ
linked to: Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda
Sylvestre Mudacumura → memberOf → Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda ⓘ
linked to: Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda
Callixte Mbarushimana → affiliation → Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda ⓘ
linked to: Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda
CNDP → opposedGroup → Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda ⓘ