Congo Truce Between The Government And The Rebels Is About To Break

Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda, seen here in November 2008, has accused government troops of breaching a delicate truce in the Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile east and urged the United Nations to intervene. (AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)

Congo Rebel Leader Accuses Army Of Breaching Truce -- Yahoo News/AFP

KINSHASA (AFP) – Rebel leader Laurent Nkunda has accused government troops of breaching a delicate truce in the Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile east and urged the United Nations to intervene.

The cashiered general, in a letter to UN chief Ban Ki-moon late Wednesday, said government forces had stepped up harassing fire after the rebels decided to withdraw from around the airport of Goma, the capital of Nord-Kivu province.

"Our movement urges you to ensure the withdrawal of the government troops ... as soon as possible," Nkunda said in the letter to the United Nations secretary general.

"At the moment of writing, our movement regrets having to state that the government troops have redeployed" along a key axis vacated by rebels in October, he said, adding that "acts of provocation had multiplied."

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