Army for the Liberation of Rwanda

Army for the Liberation of Rwanda
Ingabo zo Kubohoza u Rwanda
LeadersPaul Rwarakabije
Dates of operation1997 – 30 September 2000
Active regionsDRCRwandan border
IdeologyHutu Power
Size12,000–22,000 in the DRC

The Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (French: Armée pour la Libération du Rwanda, ALiR) (Kinyarwanda: Ingabo zo Kubohoza u Rwanda, IzKR) was a rebel group largely composed of members of the Interahamwe and Armed Forces of Rwanda. 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.


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