The First Congo War began in 1996 as Rwanda increasingly expressed concern that Hutu members of Rassemblement Démocratique pour le Rwanda ( RDR ) militias were carrying out cross-border raids from Zaire , and planning an invasion of Rwanda . The militias , mostly Hutu , had entrenched themselves in refugee camps in eastern Zaire , where many had fled to escape the Tutsi-dominated Rwandan Patriotic Front ( RPF ) in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide of 1994
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Second Congo War