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DRC's Nkunda Seeks Help From Museveni

The Monitor (Kampala)
NEWS
June 21, 2004
Posted to the web June 21, 2004

By Izama Angelo
Kampala
General Laurent Nkunda, who briefly took over the Southern Congolese town of
Bukavu early this month, is in Kampala to ask President Museveni's help to
avoid another Congo war.
Speaking to The Monitor by phone yesterday, Nkunda said he has met with Ugandan
security officials and briefed President Yoweri Museveni about the
deteriorating situation in the Congo.
" We have asked President Museveni to talk to President Joseph Kabila so that
he can help independently investigate massacres of Banyamulenge (ethnic Tutsi)
in Bukavu" he said.
General Nkunda said the UN peace mission in Congo (Monuc) had agreed to set up
an independent investigation into claims that Banyamulenge were being targeted
by government forces in Bukavu.
Nkunda accused the Kinshasha government of fuelling conflict by sending General
Mbusa Mabe to Bukavu to target Banyamulenge. Meanwhile, Rwanda, which has been
accused by DRC of sending troops into the Congo instead said Kinshasha was
plotting to attack Kigali, together with Hutu exiles.

   

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