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Rwanda, Uganda helped Congolese rebels, UN experts say
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2012/12/rwanda-uganda-helped-congolese-rebels.html
Obama Tells Kagame to Stop Support for M23 Rebels in Eastern Congo: Oh really!!!
Chaos by Design: When aggressors become mediators: When wolves pretend to be sheep: The US supports Museveni Congo mediation: M23 rebels capture Goma as the UN looks on: Kabila and Kagame fly to Kampala for talks
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2012/11/chaos-by-design-when-aggressors-become.html
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2012/10/creating-tutsi-empire-in-great-lakes.html
Creating a Tutsi Empire in the great Lakes region as a Conduit of the American New world Order system : New UN reports accuses Uganda and Rwanda of Aiding M23 rebels: Uganda angered by latest UN report on Congo
Fooling us about Uganda’s neutrality in the Congo Conflict!!! Militarizing the Congo to help USA and allies to rape Congo resources: DRC troops, civilians fleeing to Uganda after rebel clashes
Seeing through the lies, hypocrisy and disinformation antics of the American New world system: US to cut military aid to Rwanda over support of Congo rebels: Oh really!
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2012/07/seeing-through-lies-hypocrisy-and.html
Rwanda opposes UN drones in eastern Congo
http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Rwanda-opposes-use-of-drones-in-east-DRC/-/2558/1661398/-/c2jk3s/-/index.html
http://www.inyenyerinews.org/politiki/rwanda-opposes-un-drones-in-eastern-congo/
January 9, 2013
According to reports, UN peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous told th e Security Council that the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo planned to deploy three unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the country’s conflict-torn eastern provinces.
The mission, known as MONUSCO, has wanted surveillence drones for eastern Congo since 2008.
A request had previously been made by the former head of the UN peacekeeping force for helicopters, drones and other items to improve real-time intelligence gathering.
While the request was never met, the idea generated new interest last year after M23 rebels began taking over large swathes of eastern Congo.
Aided by UN peacekeepers, Congolese troops have been battling the M23, who UN experts and Congolese officials say are backed by Rwanda and Uganda, for nearly a year in the mineral-rich east of the country.
Rwanda, which denies allegations it has been supporting M23, made clear it considered Mr Ladsous’s call for deploying drones premature.
Rwanda’s deputy UN ambassador Olivier Nduhungirehe said it was vital to know before deploying drones what the implications would be for individual countries’ sovereignty.
“It is not wise to use a device on which we don’t have enough information,” Mr Nduhungirehe said.
“Africa shall not become a laboratory for intelligence devices from overseas.”
Other diplomats, including Russia, China and some from Europe, have also expressed reservations.
They said there were unanswered questions about who would receive the information from the drones and how widely it would be disseminated.
They also expressed discomfort at the idea of the United Nations becoming an active gatherer of intelligence.
France, the United States, Britain and other council members are supportive of the idea of using drones.
Uganda Supports Use Of Drones In Eastern DRC
http://www.redpepper.co.ug/?p=4544
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The United Nations says the nine-month insurgency, which has dragged the mineral-rich region back towards war, has received cross-border support from Rwanda and Uganda, accusations strongly denied by both governments.
last week, Herve Ladsous, the U.N. head of peacekeeping said he had asked the Security Council for three drones to fly along the permeable border in Congo’s mountainous east, after the big presence of U.N. peacekeepers failed to prevent rebels from capturing the strategic city of Goma in November.
Kampala, which is hosting talks between Congolese authorities and the rebels despite charges it is backing the insurgency, gave cautious support for the plan on the condition the drones are not used for combat purposes.
Ugandan Defence Minister Crispus Kiyonga while speaking at a press conference said the Drones can help in gathering intelligence or and engaging the enemy in combat as along as a country’s sovereignty is respected.
However, Rwanda, which holds a seat on the Security Council, said this week it opposed the drones until their use was fully evaluated.
The country’s deputy U.N. ambassador warned that Africa should not “become a laboratory for intelligence devices from overseas”.
A U.N. experts’ report last year said Rwanda and Uganda had given support to the M23 rebels whose renewed conflict led to the seizure of Goma City.
Uganda and Rwanda however strongly rejected the report’s findings and Kigali has in turn accused Congo of failing to wipe out Rwandan rebels operating in its territory.
Despite the official end in 2003 of a regional war that drew in a host of neighboring countries, much of eastern Congo remains under the control of armed militia groups accused of rapes and killings. Nearly two decades of instability have left millions Congolese dead and many more displaced.
M23, named after a 2009 peace deal that saw a previous rebellion integrated into the army, initially took up arms saying the government had failed to respect the terms of the agreement.
The group later expanded its demands and threatened to march across the vast Central African nation and topple the government of President Joseph Kabila.
M23 leaders announced a unilateral ceasefire on Tuesday ahead of a second round of peace talks with the government in Kampala, boosting hopes of a negotiated end to the uprising.
