National Liberation Front (Burundi)

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The National Liberation Front (French: Front de Libération Nationale - FROLINA) is an ethnically Hutu rebel group that sometimes functions as a political party in Burundi. The FLN has been considered a minor group in the Burundian Civil War compared to the National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy, and to PALIPEHUTU-FNL which only recently signed a cease fire.

External links

Burundi rebels reject peace talks, BBC News, 13 September 2005

Armed groups in the First and Second Congo Wars

National armies

Pro-government	Zaire (FAZ, under Mobuto Sese Seko / FARDC, after Mobutu) Angola (FAA, in Second War) Chad (FANT) Libya Namibia (NDF) Sudan Zimbabwe (ZNA)

Anti-government	Angola (FAA, in First War) Burundi (FAB) Rwanda (RPF/RDF) Uganda (UPDF)

Militias and
rebel groups

Rwanda-aligned	Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (AFDL, Rwanda-Uganda backed alliance) Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD) RCD–Goma Banyamulenge (ethnic Tutsis in South Kivu) RCD-Congo (faction of RCD-Goma created in 2002)

Uganda-aligned	Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC, created in 1998) RCD-Kisangani/Mouvement de Libération (RCD-K/ML or "RCD-Wamba", created 1999) RCD-National (RCD-N, split from RCD-K/ML) Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) Front de Libération du Congo (FLC, formed from the MLC, RCD-N and RCD-ML from 2000 to 2001)

Anti-government, other	Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M) National Union for Total Independence of Angola (UNITA, in Second War)

Anti-Rwanda	Interahamwe Rassemblement Démocratique pour le Rwanda (RDR, successor organization to the Interahamwe) Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (ALiR, successor to RDR in 1997) Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR, created in 2000)

Anti-Uganda	Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) Nationalist and Integrationist Front (FNI)

Anti-Burundi	National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) National Liberation Front (FLN/FROLINA)

Government-aligned, other	Mai-Mai National Union for Total Independence of Angola (UNITA, in First War) White Legion (First Congo War)

United Nations

MONUSCO

Alliances sometimes changed dramatically over the course of the wars. Some groups may be associated with multiple, ostensibly opposed factions.

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