Ban Ki-moon Keeps Rwandan Troops in Sudan Despite U.N. Report Alleging Atrocities

A new United Nations human rights report due out on Friday accuses Rwandan peacekeeping forces in Sudan of committing atrocities a decade ago, but Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has acted to assuage Rwandan President Paul Kagame’s anger at the report. Rather than pulling Kagame’s soldiers from their peacekeeping role, the head of the U.N. forces has expressed Ban’s gratitude to Kagame and has announced that the 3,200 Rwandan troops assigned to Darfur will remain in place. The report alleges that Rwandan soldiers carried out what amounted to genocide against the Hutus in the 1990s.