The War In The Congo Is Spreading

A Congolese army soldier points to the bush as he mans a position on a hill near a road leading into the Provincial city of Goma on November 8, 2008. Fighting between rebels and pro-government forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo opened up on a new front Sunday, as Kinshasa warned it may deploy Angolan troops raising fears of igniting the Great Lakes region.
(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)

New Front Opens In DR Congo Amid Fears Of
Spreading Conflict -- Yahoo News/AFP

KINSHASA (AFP) – Fighting between rebels and pro-government forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo opened up on a new front Sunday, as Kinshasa warned it may deploy Angolan troops raising fears of igniting the Great Lakes region.

The clashes on the borders of the two provinces of Nord-Kivu and Sud-Kivu started before dawn and prompted the flight of thousands of people, the United Nations said.

The fighting that has erupted since August with rebels led by renegade Tutsi general Laurent Kabila, and in violation of a January ceasefire, had so far been limited to Nord-Kivu.

Meanwhile, DR Congo foreign minister admitted Sunday that while Angola had not yet deployed any troops into the country, it could do so in the future.

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My Comment: This war is spiraling out of control. Millions of people have lost their lives .... and millions more will be lost. And the world is asleep.