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UN warns of increasing conflict along Congo-Rwanda border areas

Oct 10, 2008, 18:02 GMT

New York- The flare-up in fighting along the border areas between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo may provoke a wider conflict in the region, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Friday.

The continued fighting between Congo's armed forces and Rwanda's local group known as CNDP (the National Congress for Popular Defence) under Laurent Nkunda is inflicting added suffering on the civilians in Congo, he said.

Ban urged Congo and CNDP to reach an immediate ceasefire and cooperate with the UN Mission in the Congo for a separation of forces. The UN mission has worked out steps for the disengagement of the two sides in the conflict. The mission will also act within its mandate to protect civilian populations threatened by armed groups and prevent any encroachment on main population centers and major transportation arteries.

'The secretary general calls on all states in the region to prevent their territories and nationals from being used to aid armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),' said UN spokewoman Marie Okabe.

'He urges the governments of the DRC and Rwanda to bridge their differences using diplomatic and other means available to them,' she said, citing previous arrangements to end the fighting.



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Prosper 4rom zambiaOct 13th, 2008 - 02:43:14

DRC has been patient for a very long time and its time they invaded and crushed that Rwanda and its kagame captured

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