Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda

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Hutu militia armed group non-state armed group rebel group

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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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda 4
Armée de libération du Rwanda 1
Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda canonical 1

Statements (48)

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 ⓘ
surface form: Hutu Power

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 Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Congo War → involvedParty → Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda ⓘ
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2098 → targets → Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda
South Kivu → hasArmedGroupPresence → Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda
Interahamwe militias → successorOrganization → Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda
Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda → precededBy → Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armée de libération du Rwanda
Mai-Mai militias → opposedTo → Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda