2009 Eastern Congo offensive
| 2009 Eastern Congo offensive | |||||||
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| Part of the Kivu conflict | |||||||
Congolese general Didier Etumba and James Kabarebe accessing the success of operation Kimia 2, Matadi, DRC, January 2010 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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DR Congo Rwanda |
FDLR Mai-Mai | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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John Numbi James Kabarebe | Sylvestre Mudacumura (FDLR) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 5,000 | 6,000 – 7,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 5 Congolese soldiers killed, 3 Rwandan soldiers killed, 12 Congolese and Rwandan soldiers wounded | 153 FDLR militiamen killed, 8 wounded, 19 captured, 140 surrendered & 5,000 repatriated | ||||||
| 250+ civilians killed | |||||||
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".