DRC intervention brigade gets busy

The United Nations (UN) deployed a new 3,000 strong ‘intervention brigade’ in July to support MONUSCO operations in eastern DRC. The peacekeeping mission aims to establish a security zone around Goma (near the border with Rwanda) to protect the population from renewed fighting between government forces and M23 rebels, and has a specific mandate to target offensive operations and neutralise and disarm rebel groups. The introduction of the...

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