The FDLR in North and South Kivu : A State within a State

By Onesphore Sematumba 1. Who are the FDLR? A shapeless entity, a “state within a state,” a phenomenon – there are a lot of descriptions in the Congo for the “Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda” (FDLR). At the core of the FDLR is the former Rwandan army (ex-Forces Armées Rwandaises = (…)