[allAfrica.com]  [Africa_2003]


Congolese to Demonstrate in Kampala

The Monitor (Kampala)
NEWS
June 7, 2003
Posted to the web June 8, 2003

By Alex B. Atuhaire
Kampala
A section of Congolese activists are to demonstrate in Kampala today to protest
massacres in Kisangani by foreign troops in June 2000.
The demonstration is to remember the 5-10 June 2000 fighting between Ugandan
and Rwandan troops in Kisangani, in which many Congolese civilians were killed.
"This day will also be used for commemorating the Kasika, Makobola, Ituri
genocide by foreign armies, and Tutsi groups who exported their conflicts to
Congo," Mr Eugene Kabamba, said in a 1 June letter to Kampala Extra Police
Commander, Mr Ben Nyeko.
Mr Kabamba is the chairperson of the Peace Activities and Youth Campaign
Against Torture (PAYCAT), one of the Congolese groups organising the
demonstration.
The Uganda and Rwanda armies, who entered the DR Congo as allies, fought three
times in Kisangani between 1999 and 2000 straining the relationship between the
two nations.

   

  =============================================================================
  Copyright © 2003 The Monitor. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica
                         Global Media (allAfrica.com).
  =============================================================================