War to end soon

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War to end soon!!

• Forces pulling out after long and bloody war

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Not that warthe Civil War in the Congo

• The civil war in Congo is nearly over, after
  almost 4 and a half years of vicious fighting.

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Short History

• Most of the Democratic Republic of Congo
  (formerly known as Zaire) is ruled by President
  Laurent Desire Kabila, whose Alliance of
  Democratic Forces for the Liberation of
  Congo-Zaire (ADFL) overthrew the regime of Mobutu
  Sese Seko by armed force in 1997.
• By the end of 1998, the Government had lost
  control of more than one-third of the country's
  territory to a rebel organization, the Congolese
  Rally for Democracy (RCD), dominated by members
  of the Tutsi ethnic minority.

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Short History

•  Rwanda and Uganda invaded Congo in 1998 to back
  the rebel movement and to oust Congolese
  President Laurent Kabila. Ironically it was
  these two countries who propelled him to power
  two years earlier..

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• The Lendu and Hema tribes have been fighting over
  land and resources since 1998
• Long running conflicts between the Lendu and Hema
  mirror the relationship between the minority
  Tutsis and majority Hutus in nearby Rwanda --
  where 800,000 people, mainly Tutsis were killed
  in the 1994 genocide
• According to Amnesty International, over 50,000
  people have been killed in the Congo since 1999,
  mainly civilians. Over 500,000 others have been
  forced to flee the province of Ituri.

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• The recent events in the Congo have been largely
  ignored due to the conflict in Iraq. Neither
  conflict, however, was as brutal as the Rwandan
  Genocide of 1994.

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• Ugandan troops have agreed on 2 April to leave
  the Congo by 24 April.
• However, a day after the agreement, unknown
  soldiers attacked a Roman Catholic mission,
  killing almost 1000.

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• The massacre of 3 April was one of the worst in
  the history of the Civil War.
• UN numbers put the number killed at around 350
  while eyewitnesses claim over 950 victims.

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• Although the UN report concedes only 350 deaths
  from the 3 April attack, A massacre is still a
  massacre said UN mission spokesperson Hamadoun
  Toure

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• Uganda is traditionally close to the Hema, but
  its troops have clashed with the Rwandan-backed
  Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), which has
  accused Uganda of siding with the Lendu and using
  their militia to contain the Hema.
• Rwanda says it has already withdrawn its tens of
  thousands of troops from eastern Congo, but has
  threatened to send them back if Uganda does not
  keep to its pledge to pull out its forces.

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Information was found at the following sites

• http//www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/04/10/congo.s
  africa.ap/index.html
• http//www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/04/10/congo.f
  acts.reut/index.html
• http//www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/04/09/congo.v
  iolence.reut/index.html