Little progress has been made towards a unified Congo. The Congo has essentially been divided into five sections the Government section headed by President Kabila, an Angolan area, a Rwandan area, and two Ugandan areas. Another reason for the persistence of warfare is the number of active armed rebel groups. They have attacked Uganda, killing eight tourists in one incident and, over Christmas, killed thirty-one Tutsi at a returned persons camp in sight of Mutura Friends Church where the January delegation visited. As pressure is being put on them in the Congo, they are reported to be moving into Tanzania and attacking Burundi.
Otherwise things are as usual at least here in Bujumbura.
There is fighting in the Eastern part of the country where we were exploring the hills for our reforestation project. There is fighting there with rebels. Jimmy Carter has gotten the Ugandan and Sudanese Governments to agree to a cease-fire and to stop supporting the opposing country s rebels. The Lord s Resistance Army in northern Uganda is being disbanded. Let us pray that peace can return to that area.