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January 23, 2009

DRC Rebel Chief Arrested in Rwanda
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Congolese Tutsi rebel leader Laurent Nkunda was detained Thursday as he
fled across the border after resisting a joint Congolese and Rwandan
military operation 
Rebel General Laurent Nkunda (C) walks in the courtyard of a house after
speaking with the press in thetown of Kitshoumba, 02 Nov 2008 Officials
in the Democratic Republic of Congo say Congolese Tutsi rebel leader
Laurent Nkunda has been arrested in neighboring Rwanda. Authorities say
Nkunda was detained Thursday as he fled across the border after
resisting a joint Congolese and Rwandan military operation that had
converged on his stronghold in the town of Bunagana. More than 1,500
Rwandan troops crossed into the DRC Tuesday help Congolese troops hunt
down and disarm Rwandan Hutu rebels who fled to the country in the wake
of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.. Nkunda's rebels have clashed repeatedly
in the eastern DRC with government forces, following the collapse of a
peace deal last year. Nkunda says he is fighting to protect minority
Tutsi communities from Hutu extremists. Earlier this month, Nkunda's
ex-chief of staff, Bosco Ntaganda, formed a splinter movement and said
his forces would work with Congo's army to fight the Hutu militias. Some
information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.


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