Regional leaders meet over Congo
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November 25, 2012, Sunday
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REGIONAL leaders met in Uganda yesterday in the latest summit intended to find a solution to the crisis in eastern Congo as the M23 rebel group takes territory from the army and threatens to topple President Joseph Kabila's government.
Uganda, whose leader Yoweri Museveni is acting as a mediator, has had its credibility tarnished by revelations in a United Nations' report that some of its military officials actively support the M23 rebels, who this week took control of the provincial capital Goma as well as the city of Sake in Congo's east. Rwanda is also accused of supporting the rebels. Both countries deny the charges.
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete also attended the Kampala summit, which is being held under the auspices of a regional bloc called the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, or ICGLR.
A previous summit of the ICGLR endorsed the creation of a "neutral international force" to police eastern Congo.
Uganda, whose leader Yoweri Museveni is acting as a mediator, has had its credibility tarnished by revelations in a United Nations' report that some of its military officials actively support the M23 rebels, who this week took control of the provincial capital Goma as well as the city of Sake in Congo's east. Rwanda is also accused of supporting the rebels. Both countries deny the charges.
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete also attended the Kampala summit, which is being held under the auspices of a regional bloc called the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, or ICGLR.
A previous summit of the ICGLR endorsed the creation of a "neutral international force" to police eastern Congo.
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