Bosco Ntaganda Accused of Leading DRC Rebellion

May 24, 2012 from Al Jazeera English

Fighting has again broken out between government troops and army mutineers in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The mutineers are former rebels who were incorporated into the national army under a peace treaty in 2009. General Bosco Ntaganda is accused of leading a rebellion that has led to the current crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports.

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Bosco Ntaganda

Bosco Ntaganda is the military chief of staff of the National Congress for the Defense of the People, an armed militia group operating in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He is a former member of the Rwandan Patriotic Army and allegedly a former... Explore this topic

2012 East DRC conflict

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North Kivu

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Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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March 23 Movement (M23)

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National Congress for the Defense of the People

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Peace treaty

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