Coming to blows

Somebody fired katyusha rockets into Rwerere village in Rwanda's northern Gisenyi province, on 15 November. Three people were hurt. A similar attack followed in Ruhengeri province. President Paul Kagame threatened to send his forces across the Congo border to seek out the Hutu rebels he believes are sheltering there. On 23 November, Rwanda warned the United States and British Ambassadors in Kigali and Bill Swing, the American chief of the United Nations mission in Congo, that this move was imminent.

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United States, British, Bill Swing, Joseph Kabila, Obed Rwibasira, Kadura Kasongo, Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria, Raymond Ramazani Baya

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