« FRPI Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri: The Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri (FRPI) is an armed militia based in some part of the Chiefdom Walendu Bindi south of Bunia province of Ituri , Irumu territory northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo. This army group was created June 30, 1999 by the ethnic Lendu- Bindi Indru del 'Ituri in the moral authority of Bernard- Kakado-Tsubina as an ally of the Front for National intégrationnistesLendu (FNI). The Walendu Bindi (or Indru), led by their traditional leaders and form a weight against the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) in the Ituri conflict and are supported by the Renewal Forces faction of RCD folded in Uganda KML Wamba dia Wamba. In the past, ethnic rivalries fueled by political actors and some intellectuals had even caused some social unrest or even armed confrontations including in the territories of Djugu and Irumu »

The FRPI: Is a general term describing an armed group del'éthnie Lendu-Bindi or Indru, based in the current del'Ituri province Irumu.Created during the Second War in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), répondand by a man named Bernard-Kakado Tsubina and other members of the movement, in the Chiefdom Walendu Bindi.This ethnic armed group is the most powerful del'Ituri according to information published in the Magazine dela MONUSCO in Kinshasa.Most were formed to resist the invasion of the armed forces and rebel groups del'Ouganda Congolese relatives of Rwanda (which essentially RCD), or sometimes for the purpose of robbery.Although the District del'Ituri were militarized long, particularly among minorities del'ancienne Orientale Province, the instability in the region led the people to constitute the FRPI militia.Most del'Ituri armed groups have however been active in the Eastern provinces, under the control of RCD KML close rebel forces of the Congolese Rally for democracy- (RCD-Kisangani. The groups included under the label include FRPI forces armies headed by warlords, traditional tribal leaders, village heads and local political leaders. Because the FRPI lacked cohésision and visibility towards the outside world, the different groups found themselves allied with various regular armed forces or governments at different times. The warriors FRPI believe themselves invulnerable to guns. The majority of combatants are attached to traditional religions. They worship their ancestors and make sacrifices to the "spirits of the dead" 3. initiation rites and remain perennial concern both the old sage and witch doctors. We practice including the extraction of the lower incisors and scarification.They sprinkle a magic potion is supposed to sink the balls on their body like water and other magical rituals to make them invulnerable to enemy fighters balls.Before the offensive, the "fighters" are watered from "mayi Mbau is" a cocktail containing several plants invested mystical virtues rendered invincible, invisible to the enemy and invulnerable to his balls, warriors would travel to the speed of an arrow and could to storm an enemy village without giving him time to defend himself.This would explain the killings.The 'dawa is ndege "(fetish of the bird), another drink, would meanwhile agility of a bird and would take action" commando "in the enemy camp and escape easily.Whoever manages to report a body (the head, tongue, heart, etc ...) the enemy is considered a "man" ieun fearless, mature and capable of defending the community.On January 19, 2001 at dawn, the "fighters" attacked Ugandan positions at Bunia airport.San war late in the Chiefdom Walendu Bindi: The victim of multiple abuses of Population RRPI.Over ten thousand people have fled their homes after clashes between the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) and the Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri (FRPI) in the Walendu Bindi, in the district of Ituri (Orientale Province).Joint Tuesday, June 9, 2015 by telephone from Bukiringi Patrice Adido, a notable Walendu Bindi said that the displaced have found refuge in the towns of Sorodo and Bukiringi, about 100 km from their home environments, where they live in host families.He also indicated that the majority of these IDPs spend the night in the open for lack of shelter.The displaced from villages Nyamagaro, Bule, Awende, Mukoro, Kisodjo, Nyaigo, Letsudo, Nyamutekera, Katoto Tshamulipa Arava and in the Chiefdom Walendu Bindi.Sources in the region confirm the movements of displaced mainly composed of women and children.In Bunia, capital of Ituri, the provincial office of Ocha says take this situation seriously and advocates for the opening of a humanitarian corridor for the displaced.One of the officials of Humanitarian Affairs Coordination Office (OCHA) in Bunia, José Bonyoma indicates that the contacts already established with the belligerents for this humanitarian corridor.He however deplored the climate of insecurity that hampers the work of humanitarian actors in this part of Eastern Province where the displaced need assistance.This renewed insecurity is maintained by the militia of the FRPI Refractory DDR (demobilization, disarmament and reintegration) launched several months ago by the Congolese government.Number 2 of MONUSCO, David Gressly lamented, Tuesday, June 9, the bad faith of the FRPI militia and invited them to disarm.