THE Democratic Republic of Congo has asked the UN Security Council to place sanctions on Rwanda's defence minister and two top military officials for backing an army mutiny.
M23 rebels – who have links to Bosco Ntaganda, a warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges – have been fighting government soldiers in North Kivu province since April, displacing about 470,000 civilians.
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