The United Nations has suspended some of its support to the army of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), saying some soldiers have taken part in the deliberate killing of civilians. Alain LeRoy, the U.N. peacekeeping chief, said "civilians have been clearly targeted in attacks by certain elements" of the Congolese army. He was referring to the killings of at least 62 civilians between May and September in the Nord-Kivu province, where the army is fighting Rwandan militants. "We have decided that MONUC [the French acronym for the U.N. peacekeeping mission] will immediately suspend its logistical and operational support to the army units implicated in these killings," LeRoy told the U.N.-sponsored Radio Okapi in DRC on Monday. The United Nations has been providing assistance to the army in the eastern DRC since March, following a joint Rwandan and Congolese military operation against Rwandan militias. --SPA
