Congo to step up war against rebels

Tue May 4, 2010

Congolese President Joseph Kabila is planning to intensify military operations against rebel groups instead of resorting to diplomatic efforts, his top aide says.

"The president does not believe in a political solution," Kabila's diplomatic adviser Seraphin Ngwej said on Monday.

"For the president, the only solution is an intensification of military operations," Ngwej told Reuters.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been struggling with violent conflict caused by rebel groups -- the Rwandan Hutu, local Mai-Mai in the east and Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) -- for almost two decades.

"We need to intensify the current operations," Ngwej said about the conflict in the east.

Congo launched a new wave of military operations against the rebels in the east in March, committing 18 battalions to a series of targets in north and south Kivu provinces.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/125441.html.