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The Democratic Republic of Congo said on Sunday it had rejected United Nations support for a joint offensive against Hutu rebels in the country's restive east with a warning against international interference in its affairs. The UN said Saturday it was pulling out of the operation against the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), an ethnic Hutu militia based in eastern Congo. Plans for the campaign hit an impasse when President Joseph Kabila rejected UN demands that two leading Congolese generals accused of human rights violations be replaced. "The Democratic Republic of Congo is renouncing the help of MONUSCO," government spokesman Lambert Mende said Sunday, referring the UN's 20,000-strong force.
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