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| November 30, 2008 |
Congo update
Four million people have died in Congo's two civil wars, most of them from disease and starvation.A quarter of a million people have fled the fighting and atrocities in the region. Unable to access their fields, civilians rely on humanitarian aid in refugee camps. Congolese Tutsi rebel leader General Laurent Nkunda threatened war on Saturday unless Congo's government entered a new round of talks with him, "If there is no negotiation, let us say then there is war", Nkunda declared yesterday. Nkunda, whose forces have routed government troops, has gained swathes of territory in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo since launching a new offensive in August.