Why FDLR rebels want to die in Congo

>The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR)—a rebel faction that has been in Eastern Congo for twenty years  —has changed its stance, saying the faction’s fighters and top leaders prefer dying in the bush to returning to Rwanda, where they believe they would all be killed, The Citizen has learnt.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: Will FDLR rebels ever leave Congo?

Twenty years since the genocide in Rwanda, the UN is trying to persuade FDLR rebels to leave the Democratic Republic of Congo and return home.

 

10 years ago

Mail &Amp; Guardian Africa

03 Feb

DR Congo and Rwanda's FDLR rebels: Why Tanzania could end up eating ...

Mail & Guardian Africa
DR Congo and Rwanda's FDLR rebels: Why Tanzania could end up eating ...
Mail & Guardian Africa
Tanzania's position on the FDLR rebels is puzzling, and it is putting far too much on the line - for benefits that are unclear. Tanzanian UN troops in the eastern Congo in 2013, during an operation to rout the M23 rebel group. (Photo: Flickr/ K. Aksoy). THIS week ...
DRC 4, Republic of Congo 2London Review of Books (subscription) (blog)
Carey Mulligan Forms Deep Connection to...

 

11 years ago

BBCSwahili

09 Mar

UN yawaandama FDLR Congo

Kikosi cha Umoja wa Mataifa na cha DRC chaanza operesheni dhidi ya Wahutu wa kundi la FDLR kutoka Rwanda

 

10 years ago

Strategy Page

03 Feb

Congo: Is This The End Of FDLR?

Just Jared
Congo: Is This The End Of FDLR?
Strategy Page
February 3, 2015: FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda) rebels are in bad shape since UN (MONUSCO) peacekeepers and Congolese soldiers began an offensive against them during the last week of January. The government made an ...
DR Congo and Rwanda's FDLR rebels: Why Tanzania could end up eating ...Mail & Guardian Africa
DRC 4, Republic of Congo 2London Review of Books (subscription) (blog)
Carey Mulligan Forms Deep Connection...

 

10 years ago

BBCSwahili

10 Feb

Congo inawakabili waasi wa FDLR

Jeshi la Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Congo vimeanza kukabiliana na waasi wa FDLR

 

10 years ago

BBCSwahili

19 Mar

FDLR tishio mashariki mwa Congo Dr

Wajumbe wa mashirika ya kiraia kusini mwa tarafa la Lubero jimboni kivu kaskazini, wanasema FDLR ni tihsio katika maeneo yao.

 

9 years ago

Yahoo News UK

02 Sep

DR Congo: Kidnapped imams escape as FDLR abductors clash with Congolese army

Yahoo News UK
DR Congo: Kidnapped imams escape as FDLR abductors clash with Congolese army
Yahoo News UK
Between six and eight Tanzanian imams previously kidnapped by Rwandan militias in the Democratic Republic of Congo have managed to escape, Congolese officials have said. The religious leaders were abducted between the North Kivu's villages of ...
Tanzanian preachers escape DRC captorsIndependent Online
Kidnapped Tanzanians in DRC escapeNews24
Six elite soldiers killed in eastern Congo...

 

10 years ago

TODAYonline

14 Jan

Tanzania says ready to take on Congo rebels

StarAfrica.com
Tanzania says ready to take on Congo rebels
TODAYonline
DAR ES SALAAM - Tanzania is ready to take on Rwandan rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), President Jakaya Kikwete said, suggesting a joint offensive with U.N.-backed, South African forces is imminent. In a statement issued late on ...
Tanzanian troops ready to attack FDLR in DRC - KikweteStarAfrica.com
Dar reaffirms stand on DRC peace msionDaily News
Tanzanian president vows to fight negative forces in DRC...

 

10 years ago

BBC

Congo officials 'similar to rebels'

Abuse and exploitation in government-controlled areas in eastern DR Congo are almost as bad as when they were held by rebels, says UK charity Oxfam.

 

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