A rebel fighter from the National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) looks at a vehicle from the World Food Programme in Rutshuru, north Goma. Rebels in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo accused the government of declaring "war on its people" by refusing to negotiate in a conflict that has driven more than a million people from their homes.(AFP/Yasuyoshi Chiba)
Congo Rebels Blast Government For Refusing
Negotiations -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Negotiations -- Yahoo News/Reuters
GOMA, DR Congo, (AFP) – Rebels in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo accused the government of declaring "war on its people" by refusing to negotiate in a conflict that has driven more than a million people from their homes.
As the city of Goma, besieged by rebels, went under a night curfew Tuesday, calls were growing to add muscle to the UN peacekeeping mission to protect civilians trapped in the fighting in strife-torn Nord-Kivu province.
Last week, the rebel National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP), led by renegade Tutsi general Laurent Nkunda, routed government forces around the provincial capital of Goma, provoking a mass exodus of civilians.
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