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[[File:Map-of-the-DRC-with-North-and-South-Kivu-provinces-in-red-Source-www Q320.jpg|thumb|A map depicting the region of the Congo where the campaign took place.]]'''''Effacer le tableau''''' ("erasing the board" or "cleaning the slate") was the operational name given to the campaign of [[genocide]] and [[ethnic cleansing]] of the Bambuti pygmies by rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during the latter years of the Second Congo War.
[[File:Democratic Republic of the Congo (26 provinces) - Nord-Kivu.svg|thumb|A map depicting the region of the Congo where the campaign took place.]]'''''Effacer le tableau''''' ("erasing the board" or "cleaning the slate") was the operational name given to the campaign of [[genocide]] and [[ethnic cleansing]] of the Bambuti pygmies by rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during the latter years of the Second Congo War.


The extermination was carried out by soldiers from the [[Movement for the Liberation of the Congo]] (MLC), who became known to locals as ''les effaceurs'' ("the erasers"), and troops from the [[Rally for Congolese Democracy]] (RCD-N).
The extermination was carried out by soldiers from the [[Movement for the Liberation of the Congo]] (MLC), who became known to locals as ''les effaceurs'' ("the erasers"), and troops from the [[Rally for Congolese Democracy]] (RCD-N).