About 600 soldiers from the army of the Democratic Republic of Congo fled into Uganda, where troops from that nation disarmed them and were trying to figure out what to do with them.
President Mohamed Morsi’s decree appeared to be a bold effort to claim authority, raising the specter of confrontation with Egypt’s military and courts.
Islamists, who in the past week have destroyed and desecrated the tombs of Muslim saints in the fabled town of Timbuktu, are threatening West Africa’s stability.
The violence over the weekend, which left at least 56 people dead in Christian villages, appeared to be part of a conflict with Muslims in the religiously divided nation.
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