UN chief Ban Ki-moon has thanked Rwanda for dropping its threat to withdraw peacekeepers from Darfur.............................................................

................................Rwanda was furious after a leaked report accused its troops of committing genocide in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The threat to the UN force in Darfur prompted Mr Ban to make an emergency trip to Rwanda earlier this month. After the leak, the publication of the report into the DR Congo conflict was delayed until Friday. This was to allow Rwanda to add its comments.

Mr Ban met Rwanda's President Paul Kagame on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Sunday. "The secretary-general said he was very satisfied to learn that Rwanda would continue its important role in peacekeeping, especially in Darfur," a UN spokesman said afterwards. The joint UN-African Union force in Sudan's Darfur region is led by Rwandan Lt Gen Patrick Nyamyumba. Rwanda has some 3,300 soldiers and 86 police serving with the force, known as Unamid. It has also some 200 troops in a separate force in Southern Sudan.