 5th Brigade ( integrated ) , deployed to North Kivu in August – September 2005 . See ICG Africa Report 108 , 27 April 2006 , p . 16 . " In January [ 2006 ] , tensions escalated after human rights abuses were committed by soldiers of the FARDC 5th integrated brigade against Kinyarwanda speakers in Rutshuru territory , in command the colonel Thierry Nindaga . Insurgents belonging to the Laurent Nkunda militia , with elements of the 83rd brigade , attacked the FARDC 5th integrated brigade . They subsequently took over Rwindi and Kibrizi , prompting the withdrawal of FARDC from Rutshuru to Kanyabayonga . On 21 January , MONUC launched operations and successfully cleared Rwindi and Kibrizi of rebel elements . " Brigade now at Kananga , Kasai @-@ Occidental . See also U.S. State Department , 06KINSHASA481 , 23 March 2006 . 
