Congo Part Three: Bukavu NPR's Kenneth Walker has the third in a series of reports on the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Eastern Congo is mainly under the control of a rebel army backed by the military of neighboring Rwanda. In the rebel-held city of Bukavu, the insurgents have little public support. Hospitals, the courts, schools, all barely function. The rebels collect lots of taxes, but no one knows where the money goes. Some rebel soldiers say they were forcibly recruited, have not been paid, and rarely receive any food rations.

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Congo Part Three: Bukavu

May 17, 200012:00 AM ET

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Congo Part Three: Bukavu

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NPR's Kenneth Walker has the third in a series of reports on the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Eastern Congo is mainly under the control of a rebel army backed by the military of neighboring Rwanda. In the rebel-held city of Bukavu, the insurgents have little public support. Hospitals, the courts, schools, all barely function. The rebels collect lots of taxes, but no one knows where the money goes. Some rebel soldiers say they were forcibly recruited, have not been paid, and rarely receive any food rations.