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...Congo Square...
...Pweto Rwanda and Uganda began withdrawing some of their troops from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where they back rebel movements inside the country. Rwanda pulled out more than 2,000 troops while Uganda began the withdrawal of 1,500. The pullbacks are the most significant step toward peace since war broke out in the former Za?re in 1998. A peace accord signed in 1999 was broken almost immediately...
...sling at Museveni, even without mentioning sex (everyone knows about the Winnie affair, but no one would dare make it a political issue). Uganda's level of corruption is one of the highest on a continent not known for aboveboard dealings. Museveni's expensive military adventurism in neighboring Congo has not been popular in the urban areas, where the need for the creation of new jobs is desperate as unemployment among the young soars. Winnie and her husband the doctor play up all of this. "I didn't plan to do this," Kizza Besigye says of his candidacy, "but frankly...
...Prospects for peace in Central Africa improved dramatically with a multinational agreement to pull back troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The U.N. Security Council ordered combatants to withdraw from the frontlines within two weeks of March 15. The resolution was adopted unanimously after a three-day U.N. conference of the six countries and three rebel groups involved in Africa's widest conflict. The plan calls for 3,000 U.N. personnel to monitor the withdrawal until a final timetable is drawn up by May 15. Congolese President Joseph Kabila agreed to the appointment of former Botswana leader Ketumile Masire...
Right now, Africans are not capable of helping the Congo survive. There is a great risk that the Congo will split. We have no means to supply troops or send materials. We are waiting for the big powers, or the U.N. Security Council, to send troops. Some African countries have the means, like South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Algeria, Libya, but they are not together. If they came together in the Union, they would help the others. We are doing a lot in mediation, but it is not very effective. You need quick action. Look what the Europeans did in Kosovo...