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/ 13 November 2007
Thousands of refugees poured out of camps in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s violent North Kivu province on Tuesday after the army said Tutsi-dominated insurgents attacked its positions. Army troops repelled the dawn raid on their positions near Mugunga camp, killing 27 fighters loyal to renegade General Laurent Nkunda.
The Canadian general who headed the United Nations peacekeeping force during the 1994 Rwandan genocide gave a chilling account on Tuesday of how roadblocks popped up like mushrooms and served only to pick out and murder Tutsis. Romeo Dallaire testified at the Canadian war crimes trial of Desire Munyaneza, who is accused of leading the attacks.
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/ 25 September 2007
A British citizen was personally involved in organising the deaths of thousands of people during the Rwandan genocide, a London court heard on Monday. Vincent Bajinya (46) came to Britain after the 1994 genocide which claimed more than a million lives as inter-ethnic strife ripped through the Central African nation.