UN to Congolese Rebels: Disarm or Face Force

The U.N.’s top envoy in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Thursday that if armed groups in the country’s east do not voluntarily disarm, they will face military pressure to do so. Martin Kobler told the U.N. Security Council that the top priority of the U.N. mission in DRC - known as MONUSCO - is the disarming and demobilization of the Rwandan Hutu rebel group, FDLR. “To the FDLR - seize this last opportunity and move forward with this process.  All combatants, including...

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