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The new electoral law angers the former rebels and could set the eastern provinces ablaze

More trouble looms in the run-up to the elections as the proposed electoral law obliterates the chances of the Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie in the parliamentary elections (AC Vol 47 No 1). These former rebels, whose officers are closely linked to Rwanda, reject the law and have the military power to frustrate it. In late January, RCD dissidents attacked the national army in North Kivu....

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Rwanda, Azarias Ruberwa, Bizima Karaha, Moïse Nyarugabo, Kigali's man in North Kivu, Eugène Serufuli, Laurent Nkunda, Uganda, Fragile alliance under pressure, Joseph Kabila, Sekimonyo wa Magango, Mwene Songa Nyabirungo, Angolan, John Numbi, Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie, Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo, Parti du Peuple pour la Reconstruction et la Démocratie, Mission des Nations Unies en République Démocratique du Congo