mutineers

loyal to General Bosco Ntaganda has forced tens of thousands of people to flee into neighbouring states. Martin Plaut reports.

The UNHCR reports that more than 8,000 Congolese refugees have been registered in Rwanda, and a much larger number have crossed into Uganda. Many are women and children with men going back into Congo to tend their crops and cattle during the day.

The Congolese army is continuing to

hunt down

General Ntaganda, who is believed to be in the Virunga National Park, home to the rare mountain gorillas. He's wanted by the International Criminal Court for recruiting child soldiers.

The FBI director in the United States, Robert Mueller, has condemned recent leaks of information about an al-Qaeda plot to put an explosive device aboard a plane bound for the US. Mr Mueller confirmed that the affair was under investigation. The leaks last week revealed that a British national working

undercover

in Yemen had volunteered to carry a bomb before turning the device over to the US authorities.

Brazil has inaugurated a truth commission created to investigate abuses of human rights, including those committed under military rule. In a ceremony attended by all living former Brazilian presidents, the current leader Dilma Rousseff said the Brazilian people deserved to know the truth. A military-era amnesty means there will be no trials.

The manager of Liverpool Football Club, Kenny Dalglish, has been sacked, ending his second period in charge there. Alex Capstick reports.