Subj: Re: [Africa-Politics] Re: [NaijaPolitics] Is it Fair to Punish African Leader...�
Date: 11/23/2003 2:07:58 PM Eastern Standard Time
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Excerpts from an article published by the Knight Ridder on 11-22-2003.
10 POINTS TO PONDERThe section also reports a Uganda network is working to thwart the territorial ambitions of Rwanda. >>
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1. <<Rwanda and Uganda still are arming militias in the Democratic Republic of the Congo -- formerly called Zaire -- and plundering its mineral wealth, despite withdrawing their troops under the terms of a peace deal struck last year.>>
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2. <<The 12-page document, obtained by Knight Ridder, also alleges that senior officials in Congo's 5-month-old coalition government use their new positions and clout to siphon money from diamond mines and other state-owned enterprises to create and maintain private militias and bolster political war chests.>>>
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3. <<The findings cast doubt on the long-term success of the international effort to end the five-year civil war that has killed more than 3 million people.>>
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4.<< Officials from Rwanda, Uganda and Congo's transitional government denied the allegations in interviews Friday.>>
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5.<<Mahmoud Kassem told the U.N. Security Council in an Oct. 20 letter that , the section contains highly sensitive information on those still exploiting Congo's natural richest and their role in perpetuating the conflict, and the links between the plundering and an illegal trade in small arms.
He asked that the section not be circulated beyond the members of the Security Council.>>
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6. <<The document was part of a final report last month on the illegal exploitation of Congo's vast deposits of gold, diamonds and minerals such as coltan -- used in cell phones and video games.>>
<<Calling it the most serious threatto Congo's transitional government, the document says the network continues to arm, train and provide military support to at least two proxy armies, the Rally for Congolese Democracy and the Union of Congolese Patriots, that are vying for control of mineral-rich Ituri province in northeastern Congo.>>
<<Weapons are exchanged for the minerals, which are funneled into Rwanda by commercial firms that are either controlled or protected by the Rwandan network and its proxies, the report says.>>
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7.<< The Rwandan network, the panel found, is competing with two others: the Ugandans and Congolese officials close to the new government in Kinshasa.>>
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8.(A) <<Richard Sezibera, Rwanda's presidential envoy to Congo, said Rwanda had no troops in Congo and wasn't supporting any militias.[ ???????????/Note du lecteur}
8.(B)<< Vital Kamerhe, Congo's minister of information, also said his government hadn't seen it.>> [ ????????????????????/ Note du lecteur ]
8.(C)<<John Nagenda, a senior adviser to Uganda's president, called the report ridiculous.We have left the Congo entirely he said.[ ??? Tripartite ! [ Note du Lecteur]
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9. <<The section describes a covert military of 2,000 soldiers that the Congolese have established to combat the Rwandans. It is led by officials who were dismissed after a U.N. report last year but who have since resurfaced as behind-the-scenes advisers or in key positions in a political party now led by the 32-year-old son of former Congolese leader Laurent Kabila.>>
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Sources : http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/7324464.htm
Title : 10 Points to ponder / Re: Charlotte Observer/ Knight Ridder/11-22-2003
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