Rwandan troops 'observers'

Rwandan forces, invited by long-time enemy Congo to deploy up to 2,000 troops, were there to observe, not to fight Hutu militias, the government said.

Congo allowed the Rwandan troops to cross its border on Tuesday to help disarm deeply entrenched Rwandan Hutu militias who fled to Congo after Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, Congolese government spokesman Lambert Mende said.