UN, Congo Prepare Offensive Against FDLR Rebels

The United Nations says preparations are underway for an offensive against Rwandan rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Spokesman Stephan Dujarric says the U.N. mission in Congo (MONUSCO) has pre-positioned troops to support a planned U.N.-Congolese Army offensive against the FDLR, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, which has been at the heart of years of conflict in Central Africa's Great Lakes region. Dujarric, speaking in New York Monday, noted...

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