Effacer le tableau

Effacer le tableau ("Erasing the Board") is the operational name given for the systematic extermination of the Bambuti pygmies by rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The extermination had been carried out by soldiers from the Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC), who became known to locals as les effaceurs ("the erasers"), and troops from the Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD-N).

The primary objective of Effacer le tableau was the territorial conquest of the North Kivu province of the DRC. The Bambuti were targeted specifically as the rebels considered them "subhuman", and it is believed by the rebels that the flesh of the Bambuti held "magical powers", and there have been reports of cannibalism being widespread.

In March 2016 the International Criminal Court found Jean-Pierre Bemba guilty of human rights violations in the Central African Republic, Bemba was the vice president of the DRC, and leader of the MLC during the year long extermination campaign.

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