Meet Faustin Kunde, a 50-year old Rwandan ex-armed forces commando who has lived quite the life. First as a highly trained member of the FAR (Forces Armées Rwandaise), and later upon their defeat by the rebel RPF (Rwanda Patriotic Front) a refugee in the Democratic Republic of Congo (then known as Zaire).
His military skills were used first by Congo Brazzaville's rebel and then president Dennis Sasou Nguesso, who employed him as a bodyguard and then later by Laurent Desire Kabila. Later his skills were then employed by the FDLR, a genocidal armed group that is accused of horrendous human rights abuses.
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