Genocide denied as UN publishes DR Congo report

THE United Nations said acts of genocide may have been committed in the DR Congo as it published a hotly contested report yesterday detailing massacres by foreign armies and rebels in the war-torn nation.

Rwanda, whose troops are at the centre of the most serious accusations, said it categorically rejected the report after it failed to have it suppressed while Burundi said it was designed to destabilise the region.

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s government said it was “appalled” by the details in the report and demanded justice for the victims.