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             UN: North Korea Provided Firearms to Congolese Police

   by VOA News

   A group of 30 North Korean military instructors may have violated
   United Nations sanctions when they provided pistols to Congolese army
   and police officers during training exercises, the United Nations said
   in a new report.

   A panel of experts monitoring U.N. sanctions against Congo said pistols
   were issued to members of the Congolese army and national police, and
   some eventually ended up in the hands of Congolese peacekeepers working
   with the U.N. mission.

   According to Congolese soldiers and police, the pistols were issued
   during a training program in 2014 for the Congolese presidential guard.

   These actions appear to be in violation of U.N. sanctions that ban
   North Korea from selling weapons or providing military training.

   Some of those pistols appeared to have made their way onto the streets
   of Kinshasa. The group said "the same type of pistol was available for
   sale on the black market" in the capital city.

   Military tactic training

   Also mentioned in the report, which several media saw Friday, the
   experts said Rwanda continues to train Burundian refugees in military
   tactics, with the ultimate goal of overthrowing Burundi's President
   Pierre Nkurunziza.

   According to the report, the U.N. experts met with Rwandans who said
   they had trained Burundian fighters or traveled themselves to Congo to
   fight with the Burundian opposition.

   "Similar outside support continued through 2016," the report said.
   "This took the form of training, financing, and logistical support for
   Burundian combatants crossing from Rwanda" to Congo.

   The Rwandan government, however, "denied any involvement" in the
   training or recruitment of Burundian refugees, the report said.
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