The FDLR (Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda) was based in eastern Congo following the flight of Hutu extremists to eastern Congo after their involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. CNRD combatants who were captured during DR Congo military operations in South Kivu last year. 292 people, including 103 ex-combatants of the FDLR and their dependents resided here at the makeshift camp set up through UN coordination in the effort to demobilize Rwandan Hutu militias who have been in the DRC since 1994.Executive Secretary Colonel Wilson Irategeka of the FDLR sits during an interview in Bwero, North Kivu Province, of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday, July 24, 2014.Executive Secretary Colonel Wilson Irategeka of the FDLR says a prayer before beginning an interview in Bwero, North Kivu Province, of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday, July 24, 2014.FDLR soldiers stand outside a small church in Bwero, North Kivu Province, of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday, July 24, 2014.FDLR soldiers stand outside a small church in Bwero, North Kivu Province, of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday, July 24, 2014.An FDLR soldier stands guard in the village of Bwero, North Kivu Province, of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday, July 24, 2014. on October 29, 2015A fighter from the FDLR rebel group, which is being hunted by the Rwandan and Congolese army, stands lookout deep in the bush of eastern Congo in February 2009 "Most of us have been asking about our families. Progress has been made in combating armed groups in the volatile eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to the head of the UN mission in the country (Audio - I don’t know anything about my future. We even get married to Congolese women.”Kezi Francois Xavier, 40, has been living in Congo since 1994 and has three children with his Congolese wife. The geography, landscape, and lack of infrastructure in the DRC has often been a limiting factor in demobilizing the various armed groups.Children emerge from the bush with firewood, near the roadside in North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday, July 24, 2014. This paperprovides a background on the FDLR and an analysis of past military offensives against the group. The troops go around doing bad things and accuse FDLR. Sergeant Major Karambizi Pierre Celestin, 44, poses for a photo at the Kanyabayonga Camp near a UN base in North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Saturday, July 19, 2014.An Adventist Pastor poses for a photo at the Kanyabayonga disarmament camp where ex-combatants of the FDLR were being temporarily stationed with their families, on Sunday, July 20, 2014 in North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.“The local Congolese villagers, they are family we have no problem with them. The FARDC, as the Congolese military is called, has for over a year been battling various militias in the vast country’s east and according to sources, much focus and pressure is now on this particular group's hideouts in North Kivu.The FDLR is an offshoot of former Rwandan government forces and militia groups that crossed into DR Congo after killing more than a million people during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.The militia’s armed wing, the Forces Combattantes Abacunguzi (FOCA), sources said, is now being pursued heavily, and is in disarray.Lately, sources indicate that since Monday, April 13, this week, the army there dislodged FOCA from its strongholds in a place called Kazaroho in the territory of Rutchuru.He said: "It is still early to talk about this. Up to now, the UN is not doing their duty... that's a major problem we're having in this camp. The troops go around doing bad things and accuse FDLR. / Photo: File. The organization soon was able to brush out Kabila’s troops of the region but was … The FARDC, as the Congolese military is called, has for over a year been battling various militias in the vast country’s east and according to sources, much focus and pressure is now on this particular group's hideouts in North Kivu.The FDLR is an offshoot of former Rwandan government forces and militia groups that crossed into DR Congo after killing more than a million people during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.The militia’s armed wing, the Forces Combattantes Abacunguzi (FOCA), sources said, is now being pursued heavily, and is in disarray.Lately, sources indicate that since Monday, April 13, this week, the army there dislodged FOCA from its strongholds in a place called Kazaroho in the territory of Rutchuru.He said: "It is still early to talk about this. We don't have any news about them, they just keep promising they'll bring them. Both Rwandan civilians and ex-combatants settled in Bwero several years before, living alongside the Congolese.UN soldiers from India are seen before leaving on a patrol in Kanyabayonga, North Kivu Province of The Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, July 20, 2014. The FDLR is an offshoot of former Rwandan government forces and militia groups that crossed into DR Congo after killing more than a million people …