Rwanda, Congo edge toward war
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CAPETOWN, South Africa -- After two years of fragile peace, one of Africa's most volatile regions -- the border area of Rwanda and Congo -- has been pushed back to the brink of war, as Rwandan soldiers reportedly staged raids in eastern Congo and Congolese militias clashed with each other.
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JOHANNESBURG -- Rwanda denied yesterday it had sent troops into neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, despite repeated threats from Rwandan President Paul Kagame to attack ethnic Hutu militias that have harassed his nation from the area.
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Rwanda will attack rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) if little is done to disarmthem, President Paul Kagame said here Saturday upon his return from Burkina Faso.
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Rwanda troops pushed briefly into Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to attack Hutu rebels early this week but have since returned home, diplomatic sources in Africa's Great Lakes region said on Friday.
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KINSHASA - The United Nations says it may have found a way to prevent the further escalation of tensions between Congo and Rwanda.
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Peacekeepers in Congo are prepared to help disarm Hutu rebels threatening Rwanda from Congolese soil to ease tensions between the two Central African neighbors, the United Nations said on Thursday.
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Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Thursday renewed the invasion threat that ignited Central Africa&#39;s deadliest conflict, the 1998-2002 Congo war, saying
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KINSHASA  - The Democratic Republic of Congo army is fighting &quot;a war against Rwanda&quot; in the east of the vast country, a government spokesman said after two days of fighting in the town of Kanyabayonga had left dozens dead.
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Rwanda tells a UN representative it may attack rebel camps across the border in neighbouring DR Congo.
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Fighting between rival army factions ended days of relative calm in eastern Congo on Sunday, while Rwanda withdrew a threat to send troops into the country.
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Congolese government forces clashed with rebels at a town near the border with Rwanda for a third day Wednesday as the two countries traded heated accusations over who was involved in the fighting.
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Rwanda repeated on Thursday a threat to enter Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to attack Rwandan rebels based there if Congo's government and U.N. forces failed to disarm them.
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KINSHASA, Congo  - Rwanda has warned it will launch an attack "very soon" on Rwandan Hutu rebels sheltering in eastern Congo, the UN mission said Wednesday, relaying a threat that raised fears of renewal of one of Africa's most devastating conflicts.
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Rebels are advancing on Rwanda from  bases in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Kigali will use  any means necessary to repel them, a senior Rwandan official  said on Wednesday. "There are a number of operations and mass  movements of rebels toward our borders. The ultimate objective  is to attack us in the near future," Richard Sezibera,  President Paul Kagame's adviser on DRC, told Reuters, referring  to Rwandan Hutu rebels based in the jungles of Rwanda's vast  neighbor.
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KIGALI, Rwanda  - Rwanda's President Paul Kagame said Saturday he has not ruled out sending troops to eastern Congo if Hutu rebels continue to threaten his country.
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President Joseph Kabila accused Rwanda on Friday of trying to create a confrontation with Congo in an effort to disrupt Congolese efforts to secure the country and move toward 2005 elections.
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The Great Lakes region, which has paid Africa&#39;s highest price in human lives and destruction from ethnic conflict, could soon be plunged again into wholesale war as a result of the recent massacre of 160 Congolese Tutsis in Burundi by Hutu militias.