Villagers crowd around a new U.N. base to stare at a white helicopter lifting off over eastern Congo’s mountainous terrain, where U.N. troops sent to secure peace are increasingly playing the role of infantrymen in Central Africa’s latest fighting. Since renegade soldiers began battling government loyalists on Dec. 12, the 11,000-strong U.N. peace force has stepped up its own military actions — rushing thousands of troops to front lines and warning that peace troops will act forcefully to protect Congo’s people. The schism in Congo’s postwar army, pitting ex-rebels against loyalists to the Kinshasa government, threatens to draw in neighboring countries that supported the factions during the 1998-2002 war. Full Story
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