# What is the FDLR, and why does its anti-Tutsi ideology endure?

https://mins.news/en/item/110415

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-22 02:02 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/22/what-is-the-fdlr-and-why-does-its-anti-tutsi-ideology-endure?traffic_source=rss

> Four former senior FDLR officers say they were taught to hate Tutsis well before the 1994 genocide against the group. They describe how anti-Tutsi narratives were reinforced in Rwanda’s political and military institutions and carried into exile in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the FDLR remains a regional security concern.