As Rwandan Hutu refugees fled to Congo then Zaire after the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, refugee camps along the Zaire-Rwanda border became militarized with Hutu militia vowing to retake power in Rwanda. The Kigali regime considered these militias as a security threat and was seeking a way to dismantle those refugee camps. After Kigali had expressed its security concerns to Kinshasa requesting that refugee camps get moved further inside the country and Kinshasa ignored these concerns, Kigali believed that only military option could solve the issue. However, a military operation inside Zaire will be seen as an i by the internal community which the plan to put in place a rebellion that would serve as a cover. The Alliance of Democratic Forces for the liberation of Congo (AFDL) was born with Rwanda's blessing, and with Kabila as its spokesperson.