The Kivu conflict Hostile_encounter began Process_start in 2004 in the eastern Congo as an armed Bearing_arms conflict Hostile_encounter between the military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( FARDC ) and the Hutu Power group Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda ( FDLR ) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo .

It was opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act by the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda ( FDLR ) , by the DRC army , and by United Nations forces .