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Armée De Libération Du Rwanda
The Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (; ) was a rebellion, rebel group largely composed of former members of the Interahamwe and Rwandan Armed Forces. Operating mostly in the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo along the border with Rwanda, it carried out attacks throughout the Second Congo War against forces aligned with Rwanda and Uganda. In 2000, the ALiR agreed to merge with the Hutu resistance movement based in Kinshasa into the new Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). ALiR was largely supplanted by the FDLR by 2001. History The Rwandan genocide in 1994 was largely carried out by the national army, the Rwandan Armed Forces (FAR) and the paramilitary Interahamwe. Following the invasion of Rwanda by the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) led by Paul Kagame, many FAR and Interahamwe members fled across the border into Zaire. During the resulting Great Lakes refugee crisis, these two groups merged and formed into the Army for the Liberation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Rwanda (1962-2001)
The national flag of Rwanda is a horizontal Tricolour (flag), tricolour of light blue, yellow, and green, in a 2:1:1 ratio, charged with a golden sun in the upper Fly (flag), fly-side corner. It was adopted on 31 December 2001 and replaced the flag adopted shortly before independence. The design of the flag is defined in the Constitution of Rwanda, Rwandan constitution and regulations regarding the use and manufacture of the flag are outlined in the country's national flag law (law no. 34/2008, and subsequent amendments). Rwanda adopted a vertical tricolour of red, yellow, and green following the coup of Gitarama on 28 January 1961, which saw the abolition of the Tutsi-dominated monarchy and the establishment of a Hutu-dominated republic. A black "R" was later added to the flag's centre in September 1961. The government of the Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), which in 1994 overthrew the Hutu-led government and ended the Rwandan genocide, announced in 1999 its intention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |