Fighting the 1990s after Rwanda arrests Tutsi rebel leader , Hutu . Neighboring nations have been on different sides of the conflict in east Congo . ( CNN ) -- Struggle pits U.N. , supported by Rwanda , against the Rwanda -backed Hutu . The conflict is effectively an extension of the Rwandans genocide of the 1990s .
Fighting the 1990s after Rwanda arrests Tutsi rebel leader , Hutu . Neighboring nations have been on different sides of the conflict in east Congo . Struggle pits U.N. , supported by Rwanda , against the Rwanda -backed Hutu . The conflict is effectively an extension of the Rwandans genocide of the 1990s .