KIVU
— Seats of government: Kibua; Kalonge
— Status: Not democratic.
— Governing party: Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda.
— Structure: Political militia.
— Heads of government: Ignace Murwanashyaka, political leader; Sylvestre Mudacumura, military leader.
— Assessment: A Hutu-based descendent of the forces responsible for the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, both the Rwandan army and Interahamwe (paramilitary); its military wing is the Forces Combattantes Abacunguzi. Originally known as the Armée pour la Libération du Rwanda. In conflict with Kinsásá as well as Tutsi-based forces aligned with the Rwandan government.
— Updated: 2015 February 26.
O.T. FORD