It is 47 later, the events that led to the execution of Patrice Lumumba ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrice_Lumumba) 47 years ago , are repeated, again and again in DR Congo.

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DR Congo Rebels reject ceasefire
Posted on Saturday 25 October 2008 - 10:25
Solomon Tembang Mforgham, AfricaNews reporter in Limbe, Cameroon Photo: Christophe Rigaud
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Rebels in Congo have rejected UN calls for a ceasefire. This comes amid growing concerns that renewed fighting is fueling a humanitarian crisis. The rebel leader said he requested peace negotiations under a neutral mediator and there has been no response to the call made in a letter to the head of the UN's mission in Congo.
"The only response we have is the condemnation of the international community of the UN Security Council. We are surprised by this. And we are saying that we are asking for these negotiations. If there is [are] no negotiations we are going to fight this [Congolese] government until we will be free forever," Nkunda is quoted to have said. Nkunda said in his letter that he was withdrawing from a January peace agreement with the government in Kinshasa and was expanding his struggle to free the entire nation of 65 million people. The United Nations Security Council on 22 October, 2008 called on all armed groups in eastern Congo to lay down their arms and surrender without preconditions.It also called on the armed forces of Congo and neighboring countries to cease any support for the belligerents.The hostilities have strained relations between Congo, Rwanda and Uganda who accuse each other of supporting rebellions against them.Nkunda previously said his forces were defending ethnic-Tutsi Congolese, called Banyamulenge, who immigrated from Rwanda decades ago. They are being targeted by remnants of Hutu militias that fled into eastern Congo following the Rwandan genocide 14 years ago.Several other rebel groups, including the Uganda-based Lord's Resistance Army, have also been staging attacks in northeastern Congo. The latest fighting broke out again in late August. Humanitarian groups say it has led to a resurgence of atrocities against civilians and has displaced more than 100,000 people.
An estimated three million Congolese died during two civil wars in the mid-1990s. A peace agreement several years ago ended most of the violence and brought national elections two years ago. But it failed to end hostilities in parts of eastern Congo.
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As I believe, that the not only the US policy, but the world interest will focus on Africa for the next decade. The election of Obama will accelerate this turn of the US policy towards Africa. DR Congo is the Central “Republic” of Africa bordering with REP of Congo, Angola , Zambia, Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan and Tsad. Almost with all countries of central Africa. The situation and the politics of DR Congo will be f major importance. After 47 years of the execution of Patrice Lumumba the coyntry is in the same turbuland situation that was just after the declaration of its independence.

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