Army for the Liberation of Rwanda
Rebel group from the Second Congo War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (French: Armée pour la Libération du Rwanda, ALiR) (Kinyarwanda: Ingabo zo Kubohoza u Rwanda, IzKR) was a rebel group largely composed of members of the Interahamwe and Armed Forces of Rwanda. Operating mostly in the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo along the border with Rwanda, it carried out attacks throughout the Second Congo War against forces aligned with Rwanda and Uganda. In 2000, the ALiR agreed to merge with the Hutu resistance movement based in Kinshasa into the new Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). ALiR was largely supplanted by the FDLR by 2001.
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Army for the Liberation of Rwanda | |
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Ingabo zo Kubohoza u Rwanda | |
Leaders | Paul Rwarakabije |
Dates of operation | 1997 – 30 September 2000 |
Active regions | DRC–Rwandan border |
Ideology | Hutu Power |
Size | 12,000–22,000 in the DRC |
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