UN warns of military action against Congo rebels

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council warned Friday of military action if a rebel group with some 1,500 fighters in eastern Congo doesn’t lay down its arms and surrender by a January deadline.

A press statement from the council noted with “deep concern” that since the deadline was set in early July, no member of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, an armed group otherwise known as the FDLR, has voluntarily surrendered. The group was formed by extremist Rwandan Hutus who took part in the 1994 genocide and then fled across the border.