Rwandan Troops Enter DR Congo to Begin Joint Operation Against Hutu Rebels

Nearly 2,000 Rwandan troops have entered the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to begin a joint operation with Congolese troops against Hutu rebels.

The eastern DR Congo has been devastated by violence between the Hutu rebels and the minority Tutsi community. The Hutu leaders of the FDLA have been linked to the 1994 Rwandan genocide that left more than 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutus dead. After the Tutsis regained control many of the Hutus fled to eastern DR Congo.

Since August 2008 more than 250,000 people have been forced to flee their homes as violence between the Hutu rebels and members of the Tutsi rebel group National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP) has raged.

That violence has spilled over into fighting between the CNDP and the Congolese government troops after Tutsi leader Laurent Nkunda accused the government of not doing enough to end the presence of the Hutu rebels.

Earlier this month the Tutsis agreed to a ceasefire against the Congolese troops. The Congolese government once again announced they would take action against the Hutus and agreed to the joint operation with Rwandan troops to meet that call.

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