Invasion!
It looks like the Democratic Republic of Congo is the newest African trouble spot.
It may seem a bit calloused to say it, but here goes: if you want to prove yourself as a philologist, then take up the study of African languages. If you can so much as pronounce the word "Kinyarwanda" or "Banyamulenge", you've got my vote for philologist of the year.
Renegade Congolese rebel leader Gen Laurent Nkunda has threatened to re-invade eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to bring "peace" to the area.
In June last year he jeopardised DR Congo's shaky peace process when he briefly seized the town of Bukavu.
In a 17-page letter, extracts of which were published in the Congolese newspaper Le Potentiel, he accused the government of promoting ethnic hatred.
Meanwhile, the army has confirmed some of its men in the east have defected.
Correspondents in the area say an estimated 1,000 soldiers, who speak Kinyarwanda - the language spoken by the ethnic Banyamulenge whom Gen Nkunda claims to be fighting for - have gathered in Masisi, North Kivu province.
It may seem a bit calloused to say it, but here goes: if you want to prove yourself as a philologist, then take up the study of African languages. If you can so much as pronounce the word "Kinyarwanda" or "Banyamulenge", you've got my vote for philologist of the year.
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