Desperate to save children from being used as soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, residents of the notorious "Triangle of Death" have taken matters into their own hands, launching the first wide-scale campaign to end the practice in the remote and volatile region. The United Nations has several ongoing efforts to stop the enlistment of children in the troubled country but this is the first grassroots campaign in the southeastern Katanga province.

Two people suspected of involvement in an ambush in which a Pakistani peacekeeper was killed in strife-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, were arrested on Wednesday, local government officials said. "Two people suspected of the attack against a United Nations convoy have just been arrested in Walungu," said Augustin Kazadi, administrator of the eastern town. The information was confirmed by the governor of the South Kivu province, Marcellin Cishambo, who said that traditional chiefs from the region where the attack took place were assisting police.

By Jonny Hogg RUMANGABO, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - In forested hills in eastern Congo, rebels are honing their ambush skills to prepare to face a new United Nations force which has a mandate to go on the offensive. "Destroy the enemy. Cause fear and stop his patrols," a rebel officer wrote on a blackboard as he instructed uniformed M23 fighters at a camp seized from the government in Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern borderlands.

A new UN intervention brigade to be deployed in conflict-stricken eastern Democratic Republic of Congo must carry out only limited strike operations, the new UN peace envoy for the region said Monday. Mary Robinson, UN special envoy for the Great Lakes Region, expressed concern to the UN Security Council about fallout from the brigade's operations on humanitarian and human rights operations in the region rife with rival rebel groups.