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Banyamulenge group calls for Rwandan pullout

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    Meanwhile, the Banyamulenge group, Forces Républicaines Fédéralistes (FRF), called in a 14 February statement for the withdrawal of Rwandan forces from the DRC, accusing them of "systematic looting", while protesting the distribution of weapons to militia in the Uvira region.

    Threats to the Banyamulenge, ethnic Tutsi Congolese, were one of the triggers for the Rwandan intervention and Congolese rebellion of 1996-1997. Now, however, the statement says the presence of the Rwandan army is turning the local population against them. The FRF blames elements in Bukavu civil society for "equating Banyamulenge Tutsis with foreigners", causing "thousands of deaths since 1995".

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