The Banyamulenge is a term historically describing the ethnic Tutsi Rwandans (Banyarwanda) concentrated on the High Plateau of South Kivu, in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), close to the Burundi-Congo-Rwanda border. The ambiguous political and social position of the Banyamulenge has been a point of contention in the province, leading to the Banyamulenge playing a key role in the run-up to the First Congo War in 1996-7 and Second Congo War of 1998-2003.
Read more about Banyamulenge: Overview, Origins and Early Political Status, Political Tensions (1971–1992), Conflict (1993–1998), Second Congo War (1998–2003)