The suspected leader of an extremist Hutu militia was in custody today after being arrested in eastern Congo following years on the run.

Riot police in Kinshasa, Congo, fired tear gas grenades to break up a protest today by hundreds of opposition party members demanding to take part in an election their leader had once wanted to boycott.

UN air and ground patrols have spotted signs of major Rwandan troop movements inside Congo – a move than threatens to reawaken central Africa’s devastating six nation war.