Rwanda Invades Democratic Republic of Congo

international | anti-war / imperialism | news report

Friday December 17, 2004 11:58

by Kieran O'Sullivan - IAWM,IPSC,Amnesty International

kieran.osullivan at ireland dot com

Dublin

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Another war in DRC looks likley

Rwanda Invades Democratic Republic of Congo again and the commercial media don't say a word.

I was listening to the Vincent Browne show last night and I was shocked to hear that Rwanda has invaded Congo again! well actually what really shocked me was that there is absolutely no media coverage of this event at all.

Here is a sample of what I have found.

DRC: Civilians Flee Renewed Fighting in North Kivu
AllAfrica.com

December 16, 2004

Posted to the web December 16, 2004

Kinshasa
Fighting resumed on Wednesday in the town of Kanyabayonga in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
"Kanyabayonga has been emptied of its inhabitants," said Mamadou Bah, spokesman of the UN Mission in the DRC, known as MONUC. "The number of people displaced remains unknown."

[Read More http://allafrica.com/stories/200412160002.html ]

Rory Carroll, Africa correspondent
Saturday December 4, 2004
The Guardian

The Mi-17 helicopter rocks and shudders into life, the rotors accelerating until flight UN863 is airborne and skimming the rooftops of Goma for another mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The helicopter is Russian-made, the crew is Indian and the passengers comprise South African infantrymen, a Uruguayan officer, a Filipino technician and an American diplomat: classic UN peacekeeping:
The trouble is, the land below barely has a peace to keep. Thousands of Rwandan troops massed on the border this week and threatened to invade, prompting frenzied diplomatic efforts to avert a new war.

[Read More http://www.guardian.co.uk/congo/story/0,12292,1366199,00.html ]