In the Second Congo War initiated by the Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD) in August 1998, Kanyabayonga suffered further violence and destruction, particularly after the RCD split into two rival groups, the &lt;a href="RCD/Goma"&gt;RCD/Goma&lt;/a&gt; allied with Rwanda and the &lt;a href="RCD-K/ML"&gt;RCD-K/ML&lt;/a&gt; allied with Uganda. The line between the territories of the two rebel groups was at Rwindi, just south of Kanyabayonga, with Kanyabayonga located in the part controlled by the RCD-K/ML .