RWANDA 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM

UNCLAS KIGALI 000894 SENSITIVE SIPDIS S/CT FOR RHONDA SHORE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV PTER ASEC RW SUBJECT: RWANDA 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM ¶1. (SBU)There were no acts of international terrorism in Rwanda in 2009. The Rwandan government worked to improve border control measures and prepared to create a financial investigations unit, in accordance with anti-money laundering/counter-terrorist financing legislation adopted the previous year. In November, Rwanda's parliament ratified the African Union protocol on prevention and combating of terrorism. In August, a U.S. Coast Guard team trained Rwandan security forces at Lake Kivu, bordering the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),on maritime patrolling and law enforcement techniques. During the year, Rwandan law enforcement officers also participated in U.S.-sponsored training courses on criminal investigation techniques and small arms identification. ¶2. (SBU) The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and the Rally for Unity and Democracy (RUD-Urunana), two rebel groups that include former supporters of the regime that orchestrated the 1994 Rwandan genocide, continued to operate in eastern DRC. During the year, FDLR and RUD-Urunana forces deliberately attacked Congolese civilians in order to achieve political and military objectives. SYMINGTON