Rwandan threat raises fears of war

Rwanda has warned it will launch an attack “very soon” on Hutu rebels sheltering in east Congo – an ominous development that raised fears of renewed central African conflict.

UN special representative William Swing “received a call from a Rwandan official informing him there would be an attack very soon ... by the Rwandan army on Congolese territory,” said Patricia Tome, a spokeswoman for the UN mission in Congo.