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Renewed fighting in the eastern provinces could help the government to qualify more quickly for aid

Theories abound about who is funding and arming the Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda (FDLR) in the eastern provinces of Congo-Kinshasa. General Laurent Nkunda, the Congolese Tutsi rebel commander in North Kivu who is fighting them, blames elements in the Kinshasa government; so does the Rwandan government. Seasoned Congolese and United Nations' opponents of the Kigali government suspect it is to blame, alleging that President Paul Kagame wants to stoke the eastern Congo conflict to justify sending his troops back there....

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Keywords:

Laurent Nkunda, Rwandan, Paul Kagame, Uganda, Burundi, Antoine Gizenga, MIXED SIGNS, Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda, Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo, Mission des Nations Unies en République Démocratique du Congo