Rwanda: Refugee Return Heightens North Kivu Tensions

North Kivu — Fears are growing that thousands of refugees, currently living in Rwanda, are being encouraged to return to their former homes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, in order to bolster the ranks of militia groups in the region.

Villagers in the Masisi district of North Kivu, where the refugees are originally from and to where they are now returning, fear renewed violence if such returns are not carefully monitored.

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