The United States-based group Human Rights Watch says it has new evidence that the Rwandan military is aiding rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It says Rwanda also

offered shelter

to the rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda, who's wanted by the International Criminal Court. Gabriel Gatehouse reports.

Human Rights Watch claims that Rwandan military officials have provided between 200 and 300 recruits to the Congolese rebellion since it began at the end of March. Human Rights Watch says Rwanda has also provided the rebels with

ammunition

and weapons. The leader of the mutiny, General Bosco Ntaganda, is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes. Human Rights Watch says that the general was allowed to cross over into Rwanda on at least one occasion in the past few weeks to meet with Rwandan military officials. The Rwandan government has

categorically

denied any involvement in the mutiny.

The biggest rubbish dump in Brazil has been closed after more than three decades in operation. The dump, near the main airport of Rio de Janeiro, will be replaced by a modern recycling plant. More than 1,700 people are likely to lose their jobs as Paulo Cabral reports from Sao Paulo.

The mountains of garbage that lay on the banks of the Guanabara Bay and along the

mangroves

have severely contaminated the area. The landfill, however, was also a source of revenue for more than 1,600 scavengers. All of them will receive compensation of approximately $7,000 and have been promised professional training to find work.