The issue remains in discussion of the presence in east Democratic = Republic of Congo of the Rwandan Hutu militias, accused by the = government of Kigali of responsibility in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The = armed groups of the ex-FAR (Rwandan armed forces) and Interahamwe (Hutu = extremist militias) fled to DR-Congo after taking a decisive role in the = genocide of nine years ago. Now the government of Kinshasa, following = accusations by the Rwandan foreign minister of supporting the forces to = which Kigali attributes the genocide, declared that it will no longer = tolerate their presence in Congolese territory. The announcement was = made by the spokesperson of Congolese President Joseph Kabila, Mulegwa = Zihindula, in a press conference in the capital Kinshasa. "The Head of = State can no longer accept that these people, who are not Congolese = soldiers, remain in our territory. They must be disarmed and return to = their nation (i.e. Rwanda)", stated the spokesman. A day earlier = Kigali's Foreign Minister Charles Murigande accused the Congolese = administration, in particular the political wing close to Kabila, of = militarily supporting the Hutu militias in DR-Congo. The delicate issue = - which for years was Rwanda's 'justification' for its participation in = the Congo war, during which Kigali illegally and in total impunity = exploited the natural resources of the territory, as also affirmed by = the UN - was readdressed yesterday by the head of Rwandan diplomacy. = Murigande denounced an "attack plot" in preparation against his nation = from DR-Congo territory. MISNA sources in Kinshasa refer that based on = alleged 'revelations' provided yesterday by the local BBC, Kigali secret = services have individuated a certain number of 'infiltrates' that = confirm the hypothesis. Murigande will however be in Kinshasa Monday to = address the issue with his Congolese counterpart. Meanwhile, growing = rumours from Kivu of the civil society and some parliamentarians = denounce, in the contrary, the presence of Rwandan 'infiltrates' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~