Congo Foreign Relations Uganda

Three allies dispatched artillery, soldiers and armed personnel carriers to Congo on Thursday, apparently to help the beleaguered president rout rebels in the country's eastern jungles. The joint military campaign threatens to turn into a major escalation of a conflict that already has embroiled Rwanda and Uganda, which reportedly support rebels trying to topple Congolese President Laurent Kabila.

Three allies dispatched artillery, soldiers and armed personnel carriers to Congo on Thursday, apparently to help the beleaguered president rout rebels in the country's eastern jungles. The joint military campaign threatens to turn into a major escalation of a conflict that already has embroiled Rwanda and Uganda, which reportedly support rebels trying to topple Congolese President Laurent Kabila.