 VaMugabe vanotiwo hurumende yeZimbabwe iri kutarisira kuti vanhu vabatwe nechirwere ichi. FARDC yakavambwa muna 2003 mushure mekupera kweHondo yeCongo yeChipiri uye yakabatanidza mapoka mazhinji evapanduki mumapoka ayo. VaMugabe vakapa hurukuro kuvakuru vakuru vehurumende yeFARDC muna Chivabvu 2014. Zvibvumirano zvakasainwa pakupera kweHondo yeCongo yeChipiri zvaida kuti pave neuto idzva remunyika, rakagadziridzwa uye rakabatana iro raizosanganisira mauto ehurumende yaKabila FAC, RCD, neMLC. Zvakanga zvataurwawo kuti vapanduki vakaita seRCD-N, RCD-ML, uye Mai-Mai vaizova chikamu chemauto matsva. Yakagoverawo kusikwa kwe Conseil Superieur de la Defense Superior Defence Council iyo yaizotaura mamiriro ekurwiswa kana hondo uye kupa mazano pamusoro pekugadzirisa chikamu chekuchengetedza, kubvisa zvombo kusunungura, uye hurongwa hwekuchengetedza nyika. FARDC yakarongwa pahwaro hwemabrigade, ayo akapararira mumatunhu ese eDemocratic Republic of the Congo. Mauto eCongo ave achirwa muhondo yeKivumuNorth Kivu yekumabvazuva, kunetsana kweIturi mudunhu reIturi, uye kumwe kupandukira kubvira Hondo yeCongo yeChipiri. Kunze kweFARDC, basa guru rekuchengetedza runyararo reUnited Nations, rinozivikanwa seMONUSCO, riripowo munyika ine mauto ekuchengetedza runyararo anenge 18 000. 