Crisis in eastern DRC: Rwanda “clarifies its security position”. Three days after a mini-summit in Addis Ababa on the situation in the eastern Republic of Congo (DRC) Rwanda denounces a real threat to its security and affirms that it is ready to take all measures to defend itself.

The Congolese army with the group of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a predominantly Hutu rebellion based in the east of the DRC.