sharing agreement that ended the war and integrated warring factions. The report also states Rwanda still maintains a «covert residual presence» in Congo, despite officially withdrawing in 2002. Rwanda has repeatedly denied accusations it has had troops in Congo since then. «That's the old same song they keep repeating, so that they can keep their mandate of continuing coming into the region,» said Protais Mitali, Rwanda's minister of state for cooperation. «There is no truth in it, and no evidence.» In December, Rwanda threatened to invade a third time to battle Interahamwe militiamen responsible for Rwanda's 1994 genocide that killed 800,000 people. The report said Rwanda is also recruiting Congolese children living in a refugee camp in Rwanda and training them as soldiers. Residents of Kiziba camp said groups of students disappear into unknown vehicles at dusk, only to be given a gun and sent to the jungles across the border, according to the report. «Neighboring states continue to exploit the rationale that they have the right to interfere in the internal affairs of (Congo) to safeguard their own national security interests,» the report said, adding that the estimated 8,000 remaining Interahamwe troops in Congo «do not pose a threat to Rwanda.»
