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Article: Warring parties in Congo test their fragile peace pact; Rwanda and Uganda sent more troops to the Congo last week.(World)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- September 28, 1999
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Despite pledges of restraint to prevent the unraveling of their alliance, Uganda and Rwanda seem to be moving toward a second armed confrontation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Both sides deployed two battalions, roughly 1,500 men each, near Rutshuru in the far east of Congo last week. Experts say the move may lead to the opening of a third front in the vast central African country between the Ugandan People's Defense Forces and the Rwandan Patriotic Army.
Both Rwanda and Uganda signed a peace agreement to end the conflict in the Congo, along with four other countries and three rebel groups. But over the past two months, there have been reports of ...