Patriotic Resistance Front of Ituri

Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri
LeadersGermain Katanga  (POW)
Baudouin Adirodo
Cobra Matata  Surrendered (POW)[1]
Dates of operation2002–
Group(s)Ngiti (Lendu)
HeadquartersBunia, Ituri Province, D.R. Congo
Active regionsIturi Province, D.R. Congo
Size1,000 (2015)[2]
Allies D.R. Congo Armed Forces (2002–03)
Uganda People's Defence Force (2002–03)[3]

Forces for Renewal
Nationalist and Integrationist Front
Opponents D.R. Congo Armed Forces
MONUSCO
Union of Congolese Patriots
Preceded by
Consolidation of Lendu groups, aided by D.R. Congo and Uganda[4]

The Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri (French: Force de résistance patriotique d’Ituri; FRPI) is a Bunia-based armed militia and political party primarily active in the south of the Ituri Province of northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly the Orientale Province).

  1. ^ "The Congo's Feared 'Cobra' Warlord Plans to Surrender — Again". Vice News. November 12, 2014. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  2. ^ "RDC: le groupe armé du FRPI de nouveau actif dans l'Ituri". Radio France Internationale. April 6, 2015. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
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