U.S. Envoy Calls On U.N. Peacekeepers, Congolese To Begin Offensive Against Rwandan Rebels

January 05 2015

Dem Rep Of Congo

The U.S. government is backing renewed military action against the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) militant group in the Democratic Republic of Congo after what is viewed as an insufficient effort to disarm, reports the New Times (Kigali, Rwanda).

Last week, around 150 FLDR militants reportedly surrendered with 67 weapons in the Congo's North Kivu province.

That is not considered to have met the terms of a July ultimatum given by the International...

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