CNDP

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CNDP is a former Tutsi-led rebel group in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo that played a major role in the Kivu conflict.

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CNDP canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed group
rebel group
accusedOf recruitment of child soldiers
sexual violence in conflict
war crimes
alliedWith elements of Rwandan government (alleged)
areaOfControl parts of North Kivu during mid-2000s
conflict Ituri and Kivu conflicts
Kivu conflict
Second Congo War aftermath
countryOfOperation Democratic Republic of the Congo
demobilization integrated partly into FARDC
ethnicBase Congolese Tutsi
linked to: Tutsi
ethnicCharacter Tutsi-led
founder Laurent Nkunda
fullName Congrès national pour la défense du peuple
National Congress for the Defence of the People
goal political influence in North Kivu
protection of Tutsi populations in eastern DRC
ideology Tutsi community protection
anti-FDLR
involvedIn displacement of civilians in Kivu
human rights abuses in eastern DRC
languageOfName French
leader Laurent Nkunda
locatedIn Great Lakes region of Africa
notableCommander Bosco Ntaganda
Laurent Nkunda
notableEvent capture of several towns in North Kivu in 2008
offensive in North Kivu in 2008
operationalPeriod mid-2000s to early 2010s
opposedGroup Congolese national army
FARDC
FDLR
Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda
Mai-Mai militias
partOf armed groups in the Kivu conflict
primaryLanguageOfCommunication French
Swahili
regionOfOperation North Kivu
linked to: North Kivu Province

South Kivu
eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
shortName CNDP
status defunct
successor M23 movement
March 23 Movement
type non-state armed group

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Referenced by (3)

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Kivu conflict involves CNDP
M23 predecessor CNDP
CNDP shortName CNDP