Tuesday News for the Blues

• DRC: In a shocking blow to the integrity of UN peacekeeping missions—and a serious glass-half-empty moment for human rights activists everywhere—UN troops in the DRC are accused of engaging in illegal gold-trafficking and re-arming rebel groups in the eastern DRC. The UN denies that it tried to cover-up the misconduct. In other DRC news, the International Criminal Court made public a 2006 arrest warrant for Bosco Ntaganda, known as the “Terminator,” for the conscription of child soldiers.
• Mozambique: A new Amnesty International report documents excessive violence used by police against citizens with “near total impunity.”
• Tibet: Chinese courts sentenced 17 Tibetans to jail, for sentences ranging from 3 months to life, for participation in March protests against Chinese authoritarianism. BBC reports that the number of Tibetans still awaiting trial is unknown.
• Kenya: The army is accused of torturing more than 400 people in a recent offensive to flush a rebel group from the Mt. Elgon region.