Last updated: 17 june, 2009 - 16:13 GMT

Democratic Republic of Congo

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There has been a string of mutinies by Congolese troops in the east of the country, with soldiers protesting that they have not been paid their salaries for the last six months.

In the latest incident, soldiers refused to obey orders to go to the battlefield, and fired in the air to express their frustration.

On the line to Walikale in North Kivu, Hassan Arouni asked Focus on Africa's Thomas Fessy for more details.

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