DRC's Nkunda Seeks Help From Museveni
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The Monitor (Kampala)
June 21, 2004
Posted to the web June 21, 2004
Izama Angelo
Kampala
General Laurent Nkunda, who briefly took over the Southern Congolese town of Bukavu
early this month, is in Kampala to ask President Museveni's help to avoid another
Congo war.
Speaking to The Monitor by phone yesterday, Nkunda said he has met with Ugandan
security officials and briefed President Yoweri Museveni about the deteriorating
situation in the Congo.
" We have asked President Museveni to talk to President Joseph Kabila so that he can
help independently investigate massacres of Banyamulenge (ethnic Tutsi) in Bukavu" he
said.
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General Nkunda said the UN peace mission in Congo (Monuc) had agreed to set up an
independent investigation into claims that Banyamulenge were being targeted by
government forces in Bukavu.
Nkunda accused the Kinshasha government of fuelling conflict by sending General Mbusa
Mabe to Bukavu to target Banyamulenge. Meanwhile, Rwanda, which has been accused by
DRC of sending troops into the Congo instead said Kinshasha was plotting to attack
Kigali, together with Hutu exiles.
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