US embassy cable - 05KINSHASA1930

C O N F I D E N T I A L KINSHASA 001930 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/22/2015 
TAGS: MARR, MASS, PREL, CG 
SUBJECT: LRA UPDATE: MONUC AND GDRC CONTINUE PATROLLING 
BORDER WITH SUDAN 
 
 
Classified By: PolCouns MSanderson, reasons 1.4 b/d 
 
 1. (C)  For the last three weeks a force of approximately 
2,000 FADRC troops, supported by 170 Nepalese MONUC troops, 
have been deployed in the northeastern part of Orientale 
province, patrolling the border with Sudan.  Their mission is 
to detect and repel any negative forces attempting to enter 
the DRC from Sudan.  PolCouns spoke November 22 to one of the 
MONUC operations planning officers based in the Kisangani 
divisional headquarters to get an update on these operations. 
 
2. (C) The MONUC officer said that in the last weeks, the 
FADRC/MONUC elements had had scattered skirmishes with small 
armed groups (10 or fewer) of undetermined affiliation.  None 
of these skirmishes resulted in fatalities or prisoners. 
MONUC also has received reports that similar small groups 
(again, 10 or fewer in each group) might be periodically 
present in the Garamba National Park (at the border with 
Sudan), but the officer said that the FADRC/MONUC forces 
patrolling the Park have had no contact with armed elements 
there, nor have they found traces of the presence of such 
groups.  The mission (including within the Park) is expected 
to continue for at least the next three weeks. 
DOUGHERTY