The Democratic Republic of Congo army plans an "imminent" attack on Rwandan Hutu rebels based in the powder keg east of the country.
At least 26 people have been killed and 13 wounded so far this year in two attacks by Rwandan Hutu rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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/ 12 October 2010
Rwanda on Tuesday applauded the arrest of a Hutu rebel leader wanted for war crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Hutu rebels of from Rwanda said on Thursday that they were "in no way involved" in mass rapes reported in the east of the DRC.
The DRC military said Saturday it had killed or captured more than 500 Rwandan Hutu rebels after an offensive launched six weeks ago.
The speaker of the DRC’s Parliament, Vital Kamerhe, resigned under pressure on Wednesday for criticising Rwandan military intervention in the country.
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/ 25 February 2009
Rwandan troops began withdrawing from the DRC on Wednesday, stoking fears that Rwandan Hutu rebels will step up reprisals against civilians.
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/ 25 February 2009
Rwanda’s Hutu rebels in the DRC have been seriously weakened but not eliminated by a month-long joint military operation, Rwanda said on Wednesday.
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/ 13 February 2009
At least 40 Rwandan Hutu rebels were killed in air raids on their camps in eastern DRC, the DRC army said on Friday.
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/ 23 January 2009
Rich Congolese mineral deposits are both the bounty and the curse of the war-torn nation, the seeds of recovery and the drivers of the bloody conflict
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/ 21 January 2009
A surge of Rwandan troops into eastern DRC as part of a joint operation to oust a Hutu militia has stirred Congolese memories of past atrocities.
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/ 21 January 2009
Congolese troops on Wednesday denied access to peacekeepers and journalists to a border region as they joined forces with Rwanda to hunt Hutu rebels.
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/ 9 December 2008
Hutu rebels operating in the eastern DRC warned on Monday that any attempt to disarm their forces could spark a ”long and dreadful war”.
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/ 6 December 2008
Rwandan Hutu rebels based in the DRC called on Saturday for talks with Kigali and Kinshasa after both agreed to mount an offensive against them.
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/ 20 October 2008
Rwandan rebels fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) should quit the country ”without delay”, government forces said on Monday.
United Nations peacekeepers are protecting a camp of civilians forced to flee fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).