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Rwanda Closes Border With Congo Kinshasa

New Vision (Kampala)
NEWS
June 7, 2004
Posted to the web June 7, 2004
Kigali
Rwanda closed its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) overnight
as a "precautionary measure", the Rwandan interior ministry told AFP.
"The border has been closed since Saturday night," the interior ministry's
Secretary General Joseph Mutaboba said.
The border lies next to DRC's Kivu province, where dissident troops last week
captured the key town of Bukavu, prompting DRC President Joseph Kabila to
accuse Rwanda, whose troops backed rebels during DRC's 1998-2003 war, of being
behind the takeover.
The leader of the dissidents, General Laurent Nkunda, yesterday said he was
pulling out of Bukavu.
Both he and Rwanda have denied Kigali's involvement in his actions.
On Friday, Kabila said Rwanda was trying to prevent "the effective
reunification of the country (DRC) and the re-establishment of state authority
across the national territory."

   

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