Renegade Forces Leave City; U.N. Takes Over
From Times Wire Reports
United Nations peacekeepers took control of the strategic city of Bukavu as renegade soldiers withdrew and Congolese President Joseph Kabila attempted to calm his nation after the largest and most violent protests since he took office.
Renegade Gen. Laurent Nkunda said most of his forces had completed their pullout and U.N. peacekeepers were now controlling the city, a trading center on the border with Rwanda.
On Thursday, U.N. troops shot and killed at least two protesters who stormed a U.N. base near Kinshasa, the capital.
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