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Army Major Aids Congo Rebels
The eastern Congo is awash with rebels and militias, as well as troops of the Democratic Republic and the UN forces sent to the region. Twenty plus rebel / military groups have been noted in various parts of the region. The two major rebel factions in the Goma region are the FDLR and the CNDP. The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) consist of several thousand Hutu tribesmen who fled Rwanda after their genocidal … Read entire article »
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The Bleeding Heart of Africa – the Congo
October 29th, 2008 | Comments Off
The humanitarian catastrophe in the eastern Congo seems to be reaching a climax, one of the many over the last fifty years. The Congolese Army has fled from a rebel advance. The UN is using what forces it has, including helicopter gunships, to slow the rebels, Tutsis. North Kivu province, which borders Rawanda, has been the site of ethnic fighting for at least five years as a result of the genocidal acts that took place in … Read entire article »
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