Rebels 'threaten DR Congo deal'

Rwandan Hutu fighters in the Democratic Republic of Congo could jeopardise the new peace pact, DR Congo's UN ambassador Atoki Ileka has admitted.

Renegade rebel Gen Laurent Nkunda, who says he has been fighting to protect DR Congo's Tutsi community, signed the agreement, dependent on them disarming.

They have lived in eastern DR Congo since the Rwandan genocide in 1994.

But a Hutu rebel representative told the BBC the group would not leave DR Congo until Rwanda agreed to negotiate.



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