The disturbances were accompanied by the re-emergence of Radio patriotique, which is known to have broadcast anti-Tutsi messages in August 1998 inciting massacres of Tutsis in Bukavu and Uvira.
“爱国无线电台”在动乱中重新出现，据报在1998年8月该电台曾经广播反土希人讯息煽动在布卡武和乌维拉屠杀土希人。