AU mulls sending troops to disarm Rwandans in DRC

At a two-day meeting that began on Tuesday, AU officials were considering three options for disarming an estimated 10 000 to 14 000 Rwandan rebels in the DRC. "Short of nothing is being done and there is no other option than to make a forceful disarmament of the" rebels, said AU's Peace and Security Commissioner Said Djinnit. "Africa is ready to provide troops for that forceful disarmament. But we don't want to intervene in isolation of all the existing efforts." Both DRC's President Joseph Kabila and Rwanda's President Paul Kagame have agreed to allow the African Union to coordinate any new operation involving African Union troops.