The United Nations is planning to deploy a fleet of at least three surveillance drones to help automate its peacekeeping efforts in conflict regions of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. However, African governments are skeptical of the plan, fearing the drones could be used for Western intelligence gathering purposes. U.N. officials defended the plan. As the Post reported:
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