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The credibility of some members of the UN Group of Experts for
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been questioned after it
emerged that the Group's coordinator, Steve Hege, has, for long,
sympathised and advocated for the Democratic Forces for the Liberation
of Rwanda (FDLR).
The FDLR, a militia group based in the DRC, comprises elements
responsible for the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi that left more than
one million people dead.
The FDLR was also branded a terrorist group by the UN following
evidence of how they have raped, killed and tortured innocent civilians
in Eastern DRC, in addition to continuously planning attacks in Rwanda.
The UN Group of Experts has alleged that Rwanda is supporting DRC's
M23 rebels, but according to various sources, it is unacceptable for
such experts to be perceived as impartial.
Credibility of Mr Hege, the coordinator of the experts group, started
to crumble after several publications he authored, were widely
circulated. On one hand, the publications depict loath for Rwanda's
leadership and on the other admiration and sympathy for the FDLR
militia.
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