Angola Armed Forces Republic Of Congo

Angolan officials have promised to withdraw their troops from the Republic of Congo "as soon as possible," America's U.N. envoy said. U.S. Ambassador Bill Richardson said he told Foreign Minister Venacio da Moura of Washington's concern over the presence of Angolan forces in the Central African nation racked by more than four months of civil war.

Angolan troops pressed ahead Monday with a major intervention in this nation, seizing an Atlantic naval base and an oil port from anti-government rebels and moving up the Congo River on the heels of a faltering insurgency against President Laurent Kabila. Angolan sources near the border told news agencies that an estimated 2,000 Angolan troops and paramilitary police had poured into Congo in tanks and trucks since Saturday.

Angolan troops pressed ahead Monday with a major intervention in this nation, seizing an Atlantic naval base and an oil port from anti-government rebels and moving up the Congo River on the heels of a faltering insurgency against President Laurent Kabila. Angolan sources near the border told news agencies that an estimated 2,000 Angolan troops and paramilitary police had poured into Congo in tanks and trucks since Saturday.

Angolan officials have promised to withdraw their troops from the Republic of Congo "as soon as possible," America's U.N. envoy said. U.S. Ambassador Bill Richardson said he told Foreign Minister Venacio da Moura of Washington's concern over the presence of Angolan forces in the Central African nation racked by more than four months of civil war.