{{Burundi rebel bases seized in new offensive by UN and DRCongo
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UN and Democratic Republic of Congo forces seized several rebel bases in an offensive launched Monday against a Burundi rebel group, the National Liberation Forces (FNL), the UN said.<\/p>\n
A spokesman for the UN’s MONUSCO force in DRCongo said troops taking part in joint operations against FNL fighters in the east of the country had taken several Hutu rebel strongholds.<\/p>\n
Lieutenant Colonel Felix-Prosper Basse said the bases were located near the Burundi border in South Kivu.<\/p>\n
Previous attacks in Burundi’s border region have been claimed by a splinter faction of the National Liberation Forces (FNL), whose full name is Party for the Liberation of the Hutu People.<\/p>\n
The main body of FNL — a highly disciplined group notorious for singing hymns as they carried out attacks — signed a peace deal with the Burundian government in 2009 and have since become a political party.<\/p>\n
The rebels who still fight on claimed responsibility for a string of attacks last year.<\/p>\n
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