This archive report was first published on 18 September 2019.
On September 18, 2019, Rwanda's state minister for regional affairs, Olivier Nduhungirehe, hailed the killing of Sylvestre Mudacumura, commander of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Mudacumura, who was wanted by the International Criminal Court on war crime charges, was shot dead on Tuesday night.
"The death of Sylvestre Mudacumura is good news for peace and security in the region," Nduhungirehe told AFP.
According to Nduhungirehe, Mudacumura's genocide group, the FDLR, had been destabilizing the DRC, killing Congolese and Rwandans.
The FDLR was created by Rwandan Hutu refugees in eastern DRC after the genocide against the Tutsis by majority Hutus in neighboring Rwanda in 1994.
"His death confirms the commitment of President Felix Tshisekedi in fighting negative forces and will open a new era of good and peaceful cooperation between DRC and countries in the region," Nduhungirehe said.
