Foreign Investments Republic Of Congo

American U.N. Ambassador Bill Richardson said Monday that it was the threat of a loss of foreign investment that finally persuaded Congo's president, Laurent Kabila, to agree to a United Nations investigation of alleged atrocities by his army. The agreement, reached over the weekend in Kinshasa, the Congolese capital, will allow a U.N. team to investigate whether the then-rebel army massacred Rwandan refugees.

American U.N. Ambassador Bill Richardson said Monday that it was the threat of a loss of foreign investment that finally persuaded Congo's president, Laurent Kabila, to agree to a United Nations investigation of alleged atrocities by his army. The agreement, reached over the weekend in Kinshasa, the Congolese capital, will allow a U.N. team to investigate whether the then-rebel army massacred Rwandan refugees.