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Congo's Crisis at Breaking Point

EU, African Union scramble to broker peace deal as Nkunda attacks

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 3, 2008 7:27 AM CST

(Newser) – European and African officials held crisis talks last night to avert a complete meltdown in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the civil war risks degenerating into genocide. The diplomatic push came as Laurent Nkunda, the Tutsi general, led 10,000 rebels into battle in... Read full story »

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