Congo's Nkunda defends actions
Updated on 03 November 2008
Rebel commander General Laurent Nkunda tells Channel 4 News he is acting in the best interests of the Congo. Jonathan Miller reports.
The renegade general whose rebel army has been fighting government troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo has defended his actions in an interview with Channel4 News.
A quarter of a million people have been displaced by the conflict, but Laurent Nkunda told this programme he was acting in the best interests of his country.
For the first time in a week, much needed aid left Goma for rebel-held areas in the north east. But instead of finding tens of thousands of refugees - aid workers discovered empty camps in and around the town of Rutshuru.
The UN fears people have fled into the bush to escape rebel fighters. Others went looking for food and shelter themselves.
David Miliband interview
Krishnan Guru-Murthy talks to the Foreign Secretary David Miliband from Marseilles, where he was reporting back on his visit to the Congo to other European ministers.
Channel 4 News asks him if the government has linked British aid to Rwanda with a demand for the country to stop supporting the rebels in the Congo.
This interview was conducted in partnership with Frontier Africa TV.
