Over 1000 FDLR Rebels Repatriated in 2012

{{According to 2012 figures, about 1, 213 FDLR ex-combatants were
repatriated in 2012.}}

Only since January 1, about 130 members of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) militia have voluntarily returned to Rwanda

Meanwhile, in the past few days, hundreds of the ex-rebels’ dependants have also willingly continued to flock home.

Formed in 2000, the FDLR comprises members of the former Rwandan regime and army that perpetrated the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi before fleeing into eastern DRC.

It is one of the largest foreign armed groups operating in the territory of the DRC.

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