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Article: Killers next door; Congo and Rwanda.(Rwandan troops enter Congo again)(Hutu rebels threaten Congolese)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- May 1, 2004
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Taxed by many, protected by none, the people of eastern Congo are angry
THEY are the neighbours from hell. A band of Rwandan Hutu guerrillas--remnants of the militia that perpetrated the genocide of 1994--live in thatched huts at the base of a hill in Nindja, an area in eastern Congo's South Kivu province. At night, they venture out with their battered but still effective Kalashnikovs and demand tribute from the local population. In better days, they extracted a predictable 50 grams of manioc and 20 Congolese francs (5 cents) per person. These days, they pillage violently and indiscriminately. As well as robbing, they often rape.
"We get along fine with ...