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2009 Eastern Congo offensive

Field	Value
partof	the Kivu conflict
conflict	2009 Eastern Congo offensive
date	20 January – 27 February 2009
image	Didier Etumba et un officiel Rwandais.jpg
caption	Congolese general Didier Etumba and James Kabarebe accessing the success of operation Kimia 2, Matadi, DRC, January 2010
place	Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
result	DRC/Rwandan victory
combatant1	DR Congo
Rwanda
combatant2	[[File:Flagge FDLR.svg	22px	border]] FDLR
Democratic Republic of the Congo Mai-Mai
commander1	DRC John Numbi
Rwanda James Kabarebe
commander2	Sylvestre Mudacumura (FDLR)
strength1	DRC Unknown

5,000 <ref name	"france24"
strength2	6,000 – 7,000
casualties1	5 Congolese soldiers killed, 3 Rwandan soldiers killed, 12 Congolese and Rwandan soldiers wounded
casualties2	153 FDLR militiamen killed, 8 wounded, 19 captured, 140 surrendered & 5,000 repatriated
casualties3	250+ civilians killed

Rwanda Democratic Republic of the Congo Mai-Mai Rwanda James Kabarebe

Rwanda 5,000 The 2009 Eastern Congo offensive was a joint Congo-Rwanda military offensive against the Hutu Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) rebel group descended from those groups that carried out the 1994 Rwanda genocide. Two operations were carried out: 'Kimia II' and 'Umoja Wetu.' 'Kimia' can be translated as 'calm.' "Umoja Wetu" is Swahili for "Our Unity".

Timeline

Rwanda and the DRC made an agreement to rout out elements of the FDLR from eastern Congo. On 20 January 2009, 1,000 Rwandan soldiers poured over the border into eastern Congo near Goma and were working, according to United Nations officials, as advisers for the Congolese troops.

On 23 January 2009, some rebels had started to surrender to Rwandan and Congolese troops.

First reports of fighting came on 24 January 2009, when the Congolese army reported they killed nine FDLR militiamen. In response the rebels claimed they didn't lose any men and that the Congolese military itself suffered nine soldiers killed and one wounded in a clash with a group of Mai-Mai militiamen. By this time the FDLR was in retreat from Southern into Northern Kivu province and the number of Rwandan soldiers in the region reached 5,000.

On 26 January 2009, rebels tried to retake the village of Kasinga, but were repulsed by Congolese and Rwandan soldiers in fighting that killed four militiamen.

On 18 February 2009, air strikes killed 40 rebels 5 kilometers west of Goma.

Rwandan forces withdrew on 27 February 2009.

References

(9 November 2009). "Final report prepared in accordance with paragraph 8 of Security Council resolution 1857 (2008)". United Nations Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
"Hutu rebels clash with Congo-Rwandan forces".
"Hutu Hotheads Fading Away".
(13 February 2009). "Hutu rebels killed in Congo raid". BBC News.
Karuhanga, James. "FDLR Begin to Surrender in Face of Joint Rwanda-DRC Offensive". All Africa.
GETTLEMAN, JEFFREY. (20 January 2009). "Congo: Joint Offensive Against a Militia". The New York Times.

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