Uganda Closes Border Funding DR Congo Rebels

The government has temporarily shut down its southwestern Bunagana border with DR Congo after it was revealed that M23 insurgents were collecting money from trucks to finance their activities.

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Armed M23 rebels

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  • ras sideeq
    Nov 15 2012, 15:43

    " THE BORDER SHOULD NOT BE CLOSED UNTIL KINSAHAHSA MAKES A MOVE TO SPEAK TO THE DISSIDENT SOLDIERS WHOM ARE REVOLTING FOR MULTIPLE REASONS". AS WE CAN SEE THIS ARTICLE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE UN REPORT AS IN MUCH IN A WAY IT DOES; WHAT THIS ARTICLE SAYS , KABILA ASKED UGANDA TO CLOSE ITS BORDER FROM FEAR OF TAXING BY THE REBEL SOLDIERS!!!!!! AS FOR THE REPORT BY THE UNITED NATIONS THEY HAVE BEEN SELLING ALOT OF ???? ONCE A LIAR ALWAYS A LIAR, DO NOT TRUST THESE PEOPLE THEY HAVE BEEN SHOWING NOTHING BUT A BAD HAND SO WHY NOW ARE THEY TELLINMG THE TRUTH??? THEY ARE STILL LIEING THEY ARE PROPGANDA SELLING SUBTERFUGE AS ALWAYS!!!.. ALL AFRICA NEEDS TO BOND PROPERLY ENABLING FOR MORE TRUST LOVE UNITY A TO GIVE OUR YOUTHS A CHANCE IN LIFE. RIGHT NOW AFRICA IS A VERY YOUNG CONTINENT AND THESE DEVISL WILL DO EVERYTHING TO COMMIT GENOCIDE ONTHE CONTINENT .. THEY ARE BUILDING THIER WHOLE WORLD AROUND SELLING DEATH AND MURDER, THATS ALL THEY HAVE FOR SALE!!! CERTAINLY SOMETHING IN YOUR MIND MUST BE TELLING YOU THAT THAT IS NOT RIGHT!!! IT CAN NOT BE RIGHT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES???????? MURDER AND DEATH, CHAOS ,CONFLICTS MORE MURDERS MORE DEATH MORE CONFLICTS MORE MISERY !!!!!!! WHERE IS THE HAPPINNES WITH THESE PEOPLE???? THERE IS NONE ;; TAKE A GOOD LOOK!! AT EVERY ANGLE THERE IS WAR THEN ; THERE IS MORE WAR ;A CONTIUATION OF MORE WARS AND ALOT OF LIES CONFUSION DIVISIONS AND REINFORCING OF THIER SUPERIRORITY!!.

  • bohulunkumu
    Feb 25 2013, 15:54

    YOWERI MUSEVENI IS FIGHTING FOR HIS OWN SURVIVAL. MILITARY DICTATROSHIPS ARE A THING OF THE PAST. HE HAS DONE WHAT HE SHOULD HAVE DONE AGES AGO.

    LAWLESSNESS IN THE REGION BENEFITS THE WEST MORE THAN THE AFRICANS. ALL THE AMUNITION AND WEAPONRY ARE NOT MADE IN THE REGION.

    YOU ARE NOT CONGOLESE WHY ARE YOU ANGRY.M23 IS A TUTSI LED MOVEMENT. THESE PEOPLE HAVE THEIR COUNTRY. THEY WILL NOT BUILD ANOTHER ONE BY RAPPING AND CUTTING HUMAN BODIES. IS THAT THE SORT OF TUTSI VISION YOU HAVE FOR AFRICA? YOU ARE A EITHER INSANE OR A PERVERT.

    PEACE AND STABILITY WILL COME WITH THE REMOVAL OF MUSEVENI AND PAUL KAGAME AND JOSEPH KABILA. ECONOMIC INTEGRATION IS THE KEY FO LONG LATING PEACE, EUROPE IS COMING TOGETHER. BORDERS IN EUROPE ARE NONEXISTANT. AFRICA SHOULD STOP MAINTANING DICTATORS BY FUELLING MINI WARS THAT HAVE NO MEANING.

  • bohulunkumu
    Aug 9 2012, 14:53

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