Insight - Slow start revives doubts about Congo campaign against Rwandan rebels


  • World
  • Sunday, 22 Mar 2015

Congolese soldiers from the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) assemble their ammunition during their offence against the rebels from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in Kirumba village of Rutshuru territory in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, February 28, 2015. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe

KASHUGA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - The government soldiers manning an outpost high above the town of Kashuga have a panoramic view of the hills and valleys of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, home to hundreds of Rwandan Hutu rebels their government has promised to crush.

But three weeks after Congo's army launched an offensive against the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), the outpost's commander has received no orders to attack the rebel group.

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