Effacer le tableau
| Effacer le tableau | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Second Congo War and Violence against pygmies and the Ituri conflict | |
Map of Ituri Province within the DRC. | |
| Location | Mambasa and the Ituri rainforest, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Date | October 2002 to January 2003 |
Attack type | Genocidal massacre, Ethnic cleansing, cannibalism, war rape |
| Deaths | 60,000 to 70,000 (40% of the Eastern Congo's Pygmy population killed) |
| Victims | Bambuti pygmies |
| Perpetrators | Movement for the Liberation of the Congo (Jean-Pierre Bemba) |
| Motive | Territorial conquest of the North Kivu province of the DRC |
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Effacer le tableau (French pronunciation: [efɑse lə tablo], lit. 'erase the board' or 'clean the slate') was the operational name given to the genocide of the Bambuti pygmies by rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).