Rwandan women celebrate the return of th

Rwandan women celebrate the return of their soldiers on February 25, 2009 in Gisenyi, on the Rwanda-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo border. A military parade was held in the eastern Nord-Kivu capital of Goma to mark the departure of Rwandan forces from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after a controversial joint operation with Congolese troops against Rwandan Hutu rebels. The neighboring countries, which fought wars in 1996-1997 and 1998-2003, launched a surprise joint operation last month against the rebel Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). Several thousand Rwandan troops participated in the offensive against the FDLR -- whose members include perpetrators of Rwanda's 1994 genocide against the minority Tutsis -- but the exact number has not been announced. AFP PHOTO / LIONEL HEALING (Photo credit should read LIONEL HEALING/AFP via Getty Images)