Rally for Congolese Democracy

Political party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Rally for Congolese Democracy Rassemblement Congolais pour la DémocratiePresidentAzarias RuberwaFounded2003 (as party)IdeologySocial liberalismPolitical positionCentreSeats in the Senate7 / 108Politics of the Democratic Republic of the CongoPolitical partiesElections The Congolese Rally for Democracy (French: Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie; abbreviated RCD), also known as the Rally for Congolese Democracy, is a political party and former rebel group that operated in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It was supported by the government of Rwanda, and was a major armed faction in the Second Congo War (1998-2003). It became a social liberal political party in 2003. Development In 1997, Laurent-Désiré Kabila was installed as President of the DRC following the victory by the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (AFDL) in the First Congo War, with heavy support from the governments of Uganda and Rwanda. However, the ethnic tensions in eastern DRC did not disappear and Kabila grew wary of Rwandan influence in his administration. Thousands of Hutu militants who had ta