JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- The war in the Democratic Republic of Congo entered a complicated phase last week, with allegations that Angola and Zimbabwe had either deployed troops in the mineral rich Central African country, or had mobilized them in a bid to bolster President Joseph Kabila's army.
Last month, Kabila requested that Angola -- which boasts one of Africa's strongest armies -- back him against the predominantly Tutsi rebels led by renegade Gen. Laurent Nkunda in the volatile eastern province of North Kivu. ...
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