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08/11/2004:

"Congo Says U.N. Must Forcibly Disarm Rwandan Rebels"

Reuters
KIGALI (Reuters) - The United Nations must forcibly disarm Rwandan Hutu militias at the heart of years of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the country's four vice-presidents said on Wednesday.

Vice-president Azarias Ruberwa said Congo wanted the U.N. Security Council to beef up the mandate of its 11,000-strong peacekeeping mission in Congo (MONUC) to help hunt down and forcibly disarm the Interahamwe. full article