Lra: Congo town mounts own force against rebels

Rebels from the Lord’s Resistance Army sent torture victims — including a man whose back was sliced with a machete — to warn the people of Bangadi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) they would be next.

1,500 Rwandan troops enter Congo to help battle Hutus

More than 1,500 Rwandan troops crossed the border into eastern Congo on Tuesday to join Congolese forces in an effort to oust Hutu rebels who participated in Rwanda’s genocide and have long been at the heart of the region’s conflict, officials said.

AU chief in DRC to end army, rebel clashes

African Union chief Jean Ping met Saturday in Kinshasa with officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo to try and bring an end to fighting in the country’s east between the army and rebel forces.