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Pretoria Accord, the Glossary

The Pretoria Accord was a July 2002 agreement made between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in an attempt to bring about an end to the Second Congo War.^[1]

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Zaire, or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country in Central Africa.

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Hutu

The Hutu, also known as the Abahutu, are a Bantu ethnic or social group which is native to the African Great Lakes region.

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Interahamwe

The Interahamwe is a Hutu paramilitary organization active in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.

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Pretoria

Pretoria, is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa.

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Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Rwanda Defence Force

The Rwanda Defence Force (RDF, Ingabo z'u Rwanda, Forces rwandaises de défense, Nguvu ya Ulinzi ya Watu wa Rwanda) is the military of the Republic of Rwanda.

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Second Congo War

The Second Congo War, also known as Africa's World War, the Great War of Africa, or the Great African War, began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 2 August 1998, little more than a year after the First Congo War, and involved some of the same issues.

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