1.   The recent killings, many of which were carried out with machetes on civilians, came the same week as the death of Congolese president Laurent Kabila.

2.   The two nations have been close allies, both fighting to overthrow the government of the Congolese president, Laurent Kabila.

3.   Congolese president Laurent Kabila on Wednesday accused neighboring Rwanda of sending troops across its borders, where ethnic Tutsi rebels reportedly captured two major eastern towns.

4.   Congo knows next to nothing about the son of Laurent Kabila, the Congolese president killed earlier this week.

5.   However, new hopes for peace accompanied the installation of Joseph Kabila as Congolese president following the palace slaying of his father, Laurent, last month.

6.   However, new hopes for peace have accompanied the installation of Joseph Kabila as Congolese president following the palace slaying of his father, Laurent, last month.

7.   Kagame held five hours of talks Wednesday with Joseph Kabila, who took over as Congolese president in January after his father, Laurent Kabila, was assassinated.

8.   Karaha said talks could only follow recognition of the rebel movement by the embattled Congolese president.

9.   Lissouba was ousted by Sassou-Nguesso, a former Congolese president, during the five-month war.

10.   Military technicians and advisers from Zimbabwe have reportedly already started arriving in Congo to support Kabila, and Namibia has pledged logistical help for the Congolese president.