Congo-Kinshasa: Crisis in Eastern DRC - Ethnic Massacres Take Back Seat to Speculation On Rwandan Role

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The 2012 crisis in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo became headline news in April as Bosco Ntaganda, an International Criminal Court indictee, staged a mutiny from the Congolese national army (FARDC). Between March and April, Bosco went from being one of the most powerful generals in eastern Congo to a man on the run.

On 4 June, Human Rights Watch reported that the Rwandan military has given support to Bosco's mutiny in the form of ammunition, arms and recruits.

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