Peace precarious in eastern Congo; Tensions simmer a year after pact ended civil war.(WORLD)(BRIEFING: AFRICA)

From: The Washington Times | Date: May 6, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: Carter Dougherty, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo - With Rwandan Hutu rebels roaming its hills, quarreling military commanders and rising ethnic tensions, eastern Congo's South Kivu province looks less like a place winding down a five-year civil war than one where a new one is brewing.

And, unfortunately, South Kivu is not alone. Throughout the eastern provinces that rebelled against the capital of Kinshasa in 1998, the one-y...

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