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[Published: Friday February 20 2009]

DR Congo Hutu gunmen 'on rampage'

Kigali, 20 Feb-(ANA)-A Rwandan Hutu militia, being hunted by a joint Congolese-Rwanda force, has killed more than 100 civilians in the last month, say officials.

The FDLR killed nearly 60 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo between the end of January and mid-February, say UN peacekeepers.

And Rwandan officials say the FDLR have killed almost 50 people this week.

The joint force said on Wednesday it had achieved 95% of its objectives and Rwandan troops would leave next week.

Correspondents say the FDLR's presence in eastern DR Congo lies at the heart of the region's instability.

Leaders of the ethnic Hutu militia, estimated to be more than 6,000-strong, have been linked to the 1994 Rwandan genocide. (ANA)

FA/ANA/20 February 2009---

 

 


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