DR Congo requests extradition of Nkunda from RwandaThe authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo want Rwanda to extradite ex·tra·dite v. ex·tra·dit·ed, ex·tra·dit·ing, ex·tra·dites v.tr. 1. To give up or deliver (a fugitive, for example) to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority. 2. Tutsi rebel leader Laurent Nkunda Laurent Nkunda alias Laurent Nkundabatware or Laurent Nkunda Batware (born February 2, 1967) is a former General in the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and is the current leader of a rebel faction operating in the province of Nord-Kivu, , who they have captured and detained de·tain tr.v. de·tained, de·tain·ing, de·tains 1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard. 2. To keep in custody or temporary confinement: , a government spokesman told AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. Friday. Asked if Kinshasa wanted to see Nkunda extradited to DR Congo for trial on war crimes charges here, Communications Minister Lambert Mende replied: "That is up to the Rwandan authorities, but we would like it." Commenting on the operation late Thursday in which Rwandan troops captured Nkunda as he fled DR Congo into Rwanda, Mende said: "We are satisfied. "Laurent Nkunda has caused a lot of bloodshed in our eastern provinces, especially in Nord- and Sud-Kivu." Nkunda, as leader of the rebel National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP CNDP Centre National de Documentation Pédagogique (French: National Centre for Educational Documentation) CNDP Computer Network Defense Policy ), had routed government soldiers in a series of battles in the two provinces between August and October. "He systematically undermined all efforts to bring non-violent peace and tried to ridicule the president (Joseph Kabila Joseph Kabila Kabange (born June 4, 1971), known commonly as Joseph Kabila, became president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ten days after the murder of his father, in January 2001. ) and all our institutions," said Mende. His capture had increased the chances for peace, security and stability in the country and was a sign that Kinshasa and Kigali could work together, he added. Nkunda, who walked away from a post of general in the Congolese army to lead the CNDP, has been the subject of a Congolese arrest warrant since 2005. It accuses him of war crimes in the town of Bukavu, in the eastern province of Sud-Kivu, which his forces captured in June 2004. A Rwandan army official, speaking on condition of anonymity, earlier told AFP Nkunda was being held at a "secret location" in Rwanda. A source among the remaining rebel forces said he was under house arrest in Gisenyi, near the Congolese border. 
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