Rwanda: Govt Wants UN to Come Clean On MONUC Arms-for-Gold Scandal

Kigali — Rwanda has added its voice in calling for the UN to carry out a full inquiry into allegations that UN peacekeepers in the Congo was supplying weapons to rebel groups in exchange for minerals.

BBC Monday aired an investigative story in which captured rebels and classified documents indicted Pakistani and Indian members of United Nations Mission in the Congo (MONUC) as being part of the illicit affair.

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