In May 2003 , the FRPI reportedly had 9,000 combatants and be closely linked to the FNI . By 2015 , this number was estimated to have declined to 1,000 . In February 2003 , the FRPI participated in the Bogoro massacre with the FNI . The FRPI joined the UPDF in a successful March 2003 offensive against the UPC and jointly occupied the town with the FNI in May 2003 . In 2006 , the Congolese government signed a ceasefire with the FRPI and other rebel groups active in the northeast of the country . Though 15,000 FRPI soldiers were demobilized as part of the peace process and many commanders integrated into the FARDC , violent FRPI activity returned in 2008 with attacks by residual FRPI forces against Ituri villages and FARDC camps . In September 2008 , FRPI commanders splintered off to form the Popular Front for Justice in Congo ( FPJC ) . Whereas its ally the FNI largely transformed into a political party in 2005 , the FPRI has resisted disarmament and demobilization campaigns . In the 2010s , the FARDC launched search operations against the FRPI , deemed the most successful government operations since the 2013 defeat of the March 23 Movement by United Nations envoy Martin Kobler
Bogoro massacre
Bogoro massacre
Patriotic Resistance Front of Ituri