(09 Jan 09 - RV) A series of initiatives are being taken to bring a halt to violence
in Eastern Congo, after Tutsi rebels led by General Laurent Nkunda launched an offensive
there last August. More than a quarter of a million civilians have been driven from
their homes, and efforts to secure a peace settlement have yet to succeed, raising
the spectre of even more ferocious fighting. Kelsea Brennan-Wessels has this report…