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Laurent Nkunda (or Laurent Nkundabatware Mihigo (birth name), or Laurent Nkunda Batware, or as he prefers to be called The Chairman; born February 2, 1967) is a former General in the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and is the former warlord (leader of a rebel faction) operating in the province of Nord-Kivu, sympathetic to Congolese Tutsis and the Tutsi-dominated government of neighbouring Rwanda. Nkunda, who is himself a Congolese Tutsi, commanded the former DRC troops of the 81st and 83rd Brigades of the DRC Army. He speaks English, French, Swahili, Kinyarwanda,Lingala and Kinande. On January 22, 2009, he was put under house arrest in Gisenyi when he was called for a meeting to plan a joint operation between the Congolese and Rwandan militaries.
Nkunda has six children. Before joining the military, Nkunda studied psychology at Kisangani University then became a school teacher in Kichanga. He has claimed to admire leaders including Gandhi and George W. Bush.
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Further Informations: www.globalresistance.webs.com "The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. There can't be any large-scale revolution until there's a personal revolution, on an individual level. It's got to happen inside first." Jim Morrison Based on Jim Morrison's Quote and the current situation in which General Laurent NKUNDA MIHIGO is locked somewhere in Rwanda without any crimes on his charges at national or international level for now 5 years because he only denounced what is today more than the reality about Congo crisis in which pushed for the first time in the history of the United Nations (UN) to change or to add to...
Gen Laurent Nkunda, leader of the strongest rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has been arrested in Rwanda. Officials from Congo and Rwanda said that he was arrested while crossing the border after escaping a joint Rwandan Congolese operation to arrest him.
Extrait du documentaire : GORILLES : ENQUETE SUR UNE DISPARITION. L'enquête pour connaître les meurtriers des gorilles continue alors que le parc des Virunga est aux mains du chef rebelle Laurent Nkunda. Les gardes forrestiers n'y ont plus accès. GORILLES : ENQUETE SUR UNE DISPARITION est un documentaire diffusé sur la chaîne Nat Geo Wild. Plus d'informations, de photos et de vidéos sur natgeotv.com.
Interview with General Laurent Nkunda Part 1 of 5 Western media has NEVER run unedited interview..we will
The National Congress for people's Defense (NCPD)
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Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe As the UN agrees to deploys more forces to halt the DR Congo conflict, Laurent Nkunda, the rebel chief, acknowledges partial responsibility for the upheaval in an interview to Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege at a secret location in eastern Congo. But insisting that there is "no life, no economy, no administration, no justice", he says "you cannot destroy what is not there". At Al Jazeera English, we focus on people and events that affect people's lives. We bring topics to light that often go under-reported, listening to all sides of the story and giving a 'voice to the voiceless.' Reaching more than 270 million households in over 140 countries across the globe, our viewers trust Al Jazeera English to keep them informed, inspired, and entertain...
Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda danced in front of rebels and AFPTV after declaring on Thursday that UN forces cannot prevent him from seizing Goma.
SHOTLIST 1. Wide of crowd gathered waiting to be addressed by rebel leader Laurent Nkunda 2. Two kids 3. Nkunda arriving 4. Crowd watching 5. Nkunda dancing with children 6. Wide of Nkunda addressing crowd 7. Mid of Nkunda UPSOUND (Swahili) "Those boundaries were kept there to separate Congolese people and the one who wants to retain those boundaries, we will break him." 8. Various of crowd STORYLINE A feared rebel leader sought on Saturday to reassure people in territory recently seized in a lightning advance in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), telling thousands gathered for a rally that his men intend to bring peace, not war. Laurent Nkunda, whose rebel army captured the town of Rutshuru last month, offered the crowd a message of unity, playing down ...