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Are Rwanda and DRC setting the stage for war?
A rebel fighter, loyal to renegade Congolese General Laurent Nkunda, heads to his new base in Mushake village, 40km west of Goma town on December 13, 2007. Photo/REUTERS
Posted Sunday, October 12 2008 at 09:49
Rwanda twice invaded Congo in the 1990s and has persistently accused the Kinshasa government of backing Rwandan Hutu rebels.
A UN investigations during the first invasion detailed how the Rwandan government and army, the Ugandan army, and Congolese and Zimbabwean government officials continued to exploit the DRC’s resources.
As we went to press, it was reported that Nkunda’s forces had withdrawn from Rumangabo, apparently at the request of Monuc.
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