FDLR resurfacing poses huge threat to Great Lakes security, say experts
FDLR rebels in North Kivu. FDLR, whose troop level is estimated to be around 4,000, has ignored several UN ultimatums to disarm voluntarily. PHOTO | FILE
The recent attack on Congolese soldiers by the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in a military camp at Rumangabo, 50 kilometres north of the North Kivu provincial capital Goma, shows a trend of increased activity by the rebels in the past few weeks.
According to military officials, the Rwandan militants made off with a cache of weapons and killed three soldiers and their wives in the Friday attack, a day after Rwandan and Congolese defence chiefs met in Kigali to firm up their joint cooperation against the group.
