Members of a Tutsi rebel group last week near Kiwanja, Congo, where a massacre occurred last month. Experts found extensive evidence of links between Rwanda’s government and the group. Michael Kamber for The New York TimesUN Report Finds Proxy War In Eastern Congo -- International Herald Tribune
GOMA, Congo: A report to the UN Security Council by a panel of independent experts found evidence of links between senior officials of the Congolese and Rwandan governments and the armed groups fighting in eastern Congo. The findings portray a complex proxy struggle between the two nations, with each using armed forces based here to pursue political, financial and security objectives in a region ravaged by conflict.
The report, which was based on months of independent research in the region, gives the clearest picture yet of the underpinnings of the fighting in eastern Congo, revealing a sordid network of intertwined interests in Congo and Rwanda that have fueled the continuing chaos.
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