UN forces deploy surveillance drones for the first time ever as part of peacekeeping efforts in the Democratic Republic of Congo.<br/> <br />The aircraft will be used to look for threats in the east from a host of local and foreign armed groups along the border with Rwanda and Uganda.<br/> <br />Alexandre Luba Ntambo welcomes the drones<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (French) DRC MINISTER OF DEFENSE, ALEXANDRE LUBA NTAMBO, SAYING:<br/> <br />"There are armed groups that don't have uniforms and are active within the population. I think that these drones will make an important contribution on this matter."<br/> <br />U.N. peacekeepers have been widely criticized for doing too little to end fighting in eastern Congo -- a densely forested area that Kinshasa has struggled to control during two decades of virtually constant conflict. The deployment comes after M23 rebels were defeated.<br/> <br />While a final political deal with M23 is still being ironed out, Congolese and U.N. forces are now expected to turn their attention to
