UN Optimistic About Prospect for Peace in Congo

There has been a wave of international optimism about the prospects for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). On his first visit to Africa, United States Secretary of State Colin Powell declared himself "cautiously optimistic" about Congo's future. After an eight-nation African tour, the 12-strong United Nations team was also in a buoyant mood. In Uganda, the last stop on their 10 day trip last week, the UN envoys heaped praise on the country's president, Yoweri Museveni, for promising to pull most of his troops out of Congo within the next few weeks.