The Congo tries a new and brillant move in the game of chess. Rebel forces are pitted against the Congo government. The goal is to bring peace to eastern Congo which would allow the government to control its the vast mineral resources in eastern Congo.
Congo agreed to allow Rwandan intelligence agents to track down Hutu militias in eastern Congo. That's an outstanding move. Check!
How will Rwanda respond to this overture? Rebel General Nkunda backed by the Rwandan government has always contended that he was in eastern Congo to protect the Tutsis from the Hutus.
If the Congo agrees to work with him and Rwanda to track down the Hutus who killed almost a million Tutsis during the Rwandan Genocide in the spring of 1994, THEN will the Tutsis and Hutus leave eastern Congo? Or will they think of some other reason to stay in eastern Congo to control its vast mineral resources?
RFI - Kinshasa accepts Rwandan intelligence to track down militias.
The Democratic Republic of Congo is to allow Rwandan intelligence agents to enter its territory to track down Hutu militias in the violence-torn Kivu region. Rwandan Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali told RFI that the two countries had a good meeting this weekend, despite tensions over conflict in the area. And she said that Rwandan presidential adviser Rose Kabuye, currently in jail in France, is "a victim not a perpetrator".
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