Burundian troops entered the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday as the first deployment of an East African regional force aiming to quell rebel violence, Congo's army said.
The seven countries of the East African Community (EAC), which Congo joined this year, agreed in April to set up a joint force to fight militia groups in Congo's east.
"This Task Force under the command of the (Congolese armed forces) has the mission to track down all foreign and local armed groups in order to restore peace," the Congolese army in South Kivu province said in a statement.
