Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

UN evacuates residents after battles in Congo capital
Reuters Alert ^ | 22 Mar 2007 23:29:51 GMT | Joe Bavier

Posted on 03/22/2007 10:32:45 PM PDT by fishhound

KINSHASA, March 22 (Reuters) - U.N. peacekeepers in Congo evacuated more than 450 civilians from part of the capital Kinshasa on Thursday after gunbattles between a former rebel faction and government troops, a senior U.N. official said.

"So far we have evacuated 450 people," the official from the U.N. mission in Congo (MONUC) told Reuters, asking not to be named. The civilians -- some of them injured -- were taken in armoured personnel carriers to MONUC's headquarters in Kinshasa.

Gunfire and explosions rang out for much of the day as armed followers of former rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba battled government soldiers in the first clashes in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital since landmark elections last year.

The shooting broke out after Bemba's personal militia defied an order from President Joseph Kabila's government last week to disband after the polls, meant to bring peace to the vast, war-battered central African nation.

(Excerpt) Read more at alertnet.org ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: un; uncongo
More Problems in Congo
1 posted on 03/22/2007 10:32:53 PM PDT by fishhound
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: fishhound

UN peacekeepers really do a lousy job of keepin' the peace.

They sound more like UN stand-around-and-watchers.


2 posted on 03/22/2007 10:43:01 PM PDT by abigailsmybaby
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: abigailsmybaby
really do a lousy job of keepin' the peace

That is libelous, sir. They do their jobs, and do them well.

Just WHY do they think they are called Unpeace-Keepers?

If the UN wanted peace, they would send in Peace-Keepers, not Unpeace-keepers.

3 posted on 03/22/2007 11:21:16 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: ApplegateRanch
Okie dokie! I got it now.
4 posted on 03/22/2007 11:49:02 PM PDT by abigailsmybaby
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: fishhound; rusty millet; happygrl; Dominick; cricket; americanbychoice3; padre35; Fiddlstix; WLR; ..
Africa pinglist

If you want on or off the list, go to the link for instructions. Otherwise, it won't be guaranteed that you will be put on or taken off (it still won't be 100% guaranteed, anyway, but will be much more highly probable).

5 posted on 03/23/2007 12:30:09 AM PDT by Jedi Master Pikachu ( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Jedi Master Pikachu

Coming soon to Zimbabwe.


6 posted on 03/23/2007 9:52:36 AM PDT by happygrl
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson