Children in Kichanga, Rutshuru Territory, a few days before the official ceasefire between CNDP (Congré National pour la Defense du Peuple) and Congolese National Army, in March 2009. Kichanga used to be controlled by Congolese Tutsi rebels, CNDP (Congré National pour la Defense du Peuple). After the arrest of Laurent Nkunda's arrest in Rwanda in January, this village went through the integration process of rebels into the national army, FARDC. The village was seen with mixture of government soldiers and former rebels wearing the soldiers' uniforms, though the population did not feel entirely secure as things were still volatile, and the roads between the villages and Goma were threatened by rebels of both Hutu and Tutsie who turned into armed bandits.
