South African peacekeepers patrol the streets of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, December 2, 2015. Christmas came early on Wednesday with hampers, gifts and praise from their political masters for hundreds of South African peacekeepers in Democratic Republic of Congo struggling to make an impact in the face of its chaotic and confusing politics. REUTERS/Ed Cropley - RTX1WUW1
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A Congolese general recruited, financed and armed elements of a Ugandan Islamist group to kill civilians while he was in charge of a military operation targeting the rebels, according to a confidential report to the United Nations Security Council.
A panel of U.N. experts, who monitor sanctions on Democratic Republic of Congo, said "it has become clear that FARDC (Congolese army) officers were involved in recruiting and supplying armed groups involved in the killings (of civilians)."
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