{Congolese police on Thursday said they have arrested 32 people on charges of attacking the international airport in Goma, capital of north-eastern North Kivu province.
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Fighters belonging to a new rebel group headed by a former regional politician, Celestin Malonga, were pushed back on Monday by the army and members of the presidential guard who were based at the airport.<\/p>\n
However, one rebel and four members of the presidential guard were killed.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the reasons for the attack were not clear but officials and analysts said the rebels may have wanted to prevent guests from arriving for a regional economic forum or that they may simply have wanted to loot goods at the airport.<\/p>\n
Malonga, who was arrested near the Rwandan border, told newsmen that he was fighting the government of President Joseph Kabila, because it had lent a deaf ear to his demands.<\/p>\n
He did not give details on what the demands were.<\/p>\n
Malonga\u2019s Union of Congolese Patriots for Peace (UCPC), said it has about 100 members, is just one among dozens of armed groups operating in eastern Congo.<\/p>\n
The region had been ravaged by violence since the 1996 to 2003 Congo wars.<\/p>\n
Report says many of the armed groups do not focus on ideological causes, but seek control over the region\u2019s rich natural resources. <\/p>\n
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