Rasta militia
{{Short description|Criminal group in the DR Congo}}
{{confused|Rastafarian}}
{{Other uses|Rasta (disambiguation)}}
The Rastas ({{langx|fr|les Rasta}}) are an armed criminal group active in Eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, believed to have been founded in 2004. Its members are predominantly Rwandan Hutus and former génocidaires and are believed to have ties to the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) militia active in the same region. The Rastas live as fugitives in the Congolese forest and are heavily armed. They have engaged in acts of violent crime, including kidnapping, rape, burning babies and chopping their foes. Group members have adopted Rastafarian-style dreadlocks and wear Los Angeles Lakers jerseys and tracksuits.
References
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{{cite web | last=Gettleman | first=Jeffrey | title=Rape Epidemic Raises Trauma of Congo War | website=The New York Times | date=October 7, 2007 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/world/africa/07congo.html | access-date=January 20, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411230634/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/world/africa/07congo.html|archive-date=April 11, 2023}}
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Further reading
- {{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-05-28/6000-flee-congo-violence-un/1580326|title=6,000 flee Congo violence: UN|work=ABC News|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028043456/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-05-28/6000-flee-congo-violence-un/1580326|archive-date=October 28, 2016}}
- {{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4095568.stm|title=Africa - Living with Rwanda's Hutu rebels|work=BBC News|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312220411/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4095568.stm|archive-date=March 12, 2022}}
- {{cite web|url=http://news.sky.com/story/364194/hutu-rebels-deny-massacres-in-congo|title=Hutu Rebels Deny Massacres In Congo|work=Sky News}}{{dead link|date=May 2023}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/rwanda/1500496/Children-slaughtered-by-Rwandan-rebels.html|title=Children slaughtered by Rwandan rebels|work=The Telegraph|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706200949/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/rwanda/1500496/Children-slaughtered-by-Rwandan-rebels.html|archive-date=July 6, 2016}}
- [http://allafrica.com/stories/200505190002.html "Central Africa: DRC: Rwandan Rebels Abuse Congolese Civilians - UN Report"]. All Africa. ([https://archive.today/20230529224601/https://allafrica.com/stories/200505190002.html Archive])
- {{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/archive/2005/07/20084916135273683.html|title=Rwanda rebels kill women, children|publisher=Al Jazeera|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801114143/http://www.aljazeera.com/archive/2005/07/20084916135273683.html|archive-date=August 1, 2018}}
- {{cite web|url=http://mg.co.za/article/2005-10-12-rwandan-rebels-kill-25-villagers-in-drc|title=Rwandan rebels kill 25 villagers in DRC|work=Mail & Guardian|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529224714/https://mg.co.za/article/2005-10-12-rwandan-rebels-kill-25-villagers-in-drc/|archive-date=May 29, 2023}}
- {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ENMWebMOU_QC&q=news%2C+%22Rwandan+Hutus%22+rastas&pg=PA157|title=The Trouble with the Congo|page=157|isbn=9780521191005|last1=Autesserre|first1=Severine|last2=Autesserre|first2=Séverine|date=14 June 2010}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/05/27/congo.massacre/index.html?eref=rss_world|title=U.N.: Rwandan rebels kill 17 in village attacks|publisher=CNN|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070531204303/http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/05/27/congo.massacre/index.html?eref=rss_world|archive-date=May 31, 2007}}
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Category:Aftermath of the Rwandan genocide
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