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| U.N. Says DR Congo Rebels Impose 'Unacceptable' Curfew |
| 2013-09-05 |
| [An Nahar] M23 rebels in the 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 aka 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... are enforcing a curfew in areas under their control, the U.N. peacekeeping mission said Wednesday, calling the move "completely unacceptable". MONUSCO front man Felix Basse said U.N. troops were monitoring the situation in the area of the resource-rich east of the country controlled by the rebels during the current lull in fighting. "At the moment, it is time to consolidate the positions recovered by the army pending further actions in the future," said Basse. "The M23, which in practice controls the territory of Rutshuru (north of Goma)," has "imposed a curfew on civilians," said the Senegal ... a nation of about 14 million on the west coast of Africa bordering Mauretania to the north, Mali to the east, and a pair of Guineas to the south, one of them Bissau. It is 90 percent Mohammedan and has more than 80 political parties. Its primary purpose seems to be absorbing refugees... ese officer. He said this was "completely unacceptable" and the situation was "being monitored by U.N. troops until future action". |
| Posted by:Fred |