[Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined hands with the leaders of Rwanda and Congo at a high-level meeting aimed at ending the crisis in eastern Congo but the attempt at unity was short-lived. The two presidents remained deeply at odds over responsibility for the escalating violence. Congo’s mineral-rich east is facing the worst upsurge in fighting in years. The conflict is a spillover from the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Hundreds who participated in the mass slaughter escaped into Congo and still fight there.]

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