FDLR launches attacks in Eastern DRC

Reports from the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) indicate that attacks by the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda) (FDLR militia and their Maï-Maï allies in the North Kivu Province have increased in recent weeks.According to Radio Okapi, a UN affiliated radio in the DRC, the militia alliance is taking advantage of the absence of Congolese government army (FARDC) which is redeploying.