Two men ride a motorcycle past the bodies of two soldiers from the Congolese Army that were killed near their front line position near Goma, 12 Nov 2008From Voice Of America:
As the U.N. Security Council considers a request for additional peacekeepers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola said it would send troops to the country. As Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi, Angola has not said how many troops will be sent, though there have been reports that Angolan soldiers are already in eastern Congo.
Angola Foreign Minister Georges Chicoty announced on Angolan national radio that his country would send troops to eastern Congo, where government soldiers and a rebel group led by Laurent Nkunda remain in a standoff outside the town of Goma, near the Rwandan border.
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