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Congo spurns U.N. support for campaign against Rwandan rebels


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Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has spurned a United Nations offer of support for a military campaign against Rwandan Hutu rebels inside the country, and criticized international interference in its affairs. U.N. peacekeepers were due to support an operation against the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) but suspended cooperation last week because two Congolese generals tapped to lead the campaign are accused of human rights abuses. "The Democratic Republic of Congo today renounces, in the most official manner, the support of MONUSCO to track the FDLR. Congo announced the formal start of operations against the FDLR more than two weeks ago but no combat has been reported and some analysts doubt the appetite of the government to wage the fight unilaterally.

 

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