When the UN report accusing, especially, Rwanda and Uganda and their militia allies in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo of committing widespread atrocities there in the late 1990s and early 2000s leaked over a month, it seemed like the roof was going to fall in on Kigali.
The report suggested that a court could well read the findings to suggest that these forces had committed genocide in the DRC. Rwanda reacted sharply, threatening to withdraw its peace-keeping force from Darfur. Uganda too mumbled something about reviewing its Somali peacekeeping operation, but it was less vociferous than Kigali.
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