CIAO DATE: 08/2010
June 2010
In 2009, the government of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with international backing, launched military offensives against the FDLR (Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda) and other militias in eastern DRC, with devastating humanitarian consequences: an estimated 900,000 people displaced and over 1,400 documented civilian deaths attributed to militia and government forces.
Resource link: Women and Children First: On the frontline of war in the Kivus [PDF] - 144K