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Africa Subsaharan
DR Congo Army Chief Ready to 'Counter-Attack' Rebels in Goma
2012-11-27
[An Nahar] Democratic Republic of the Congo
...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo or Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material...
army chief General Francois Olenga said Monday he is ready to "counter-attack" if the rebels do not withdraw from the strategic city of Goma by Tuesday.

If the rebels "do not respect" the Tuesday deadline set by regional leaders for their withdrawal from Goma, "we will do our work and restore the state's authority," Olenga told AFP. "The whole Congolese population is against the aggression and that's enough for us, that gives us the morale to counter-attack."
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