DRC: Combatants surrender to UN peace keeping troops

Close to 200 Mayi-Mayi fighters have surrendered with their weapons to United Nations peacekeeping troops in north and central Katanga Province, in the southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The spokesman for the UN Mission in the DRC said a large number of child soldiers were among the group. They surrendered on Saturday at Mitwaba, 700km north of Lubumbashi, the capital of Katanga. On Monday, the peacekeepers handed over some of the Mayi-Mayi to the regular army.