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| The UN is helping in an offensive against the M23 rebels |
DR Congo
Seeks Democracy
The
Netherlands has suspended $6.15m (£3.9m) in aid to Rwanda over its alleged
backing of rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The money
was being used to improving Rwanda's judicial system, Reuters quotes the
foreign ministry as saying.
Rwanda has
rejected reports made by UN experts that it is supporting the M23 movement
rebels in eastern DR Congo.
The rebels
mutinied from the army in April and some 200,000 people have fled their homes
as a result of fighting.
The move
comes as a senior UN official told the BBC that defecting Congolese rebels have
confirmed that they were recruited in Rwanda.
On
Thursday, the UN reported that its forces helped the Congolese army push the
rebels out of two towns north of Goma using helicopter gunships and armoured
vehicle.
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