Gazing in the Congo (DRC): the dark heart of Africa (2006-2017)

[davidbfpo]

From the BBC a reasonably lengthy report on what the UN calls a 'war crime' after:

The UN's Monusco mission said the peacekeepers were attacked by suspected rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in North Kivu province.Five Congolese soldiers also died.

Background:

Monusco is the UN's largest and most expensive peacekeeping operation and has been in operation since 2010. However, earlier this year the UN revealed a plan to cut the number of peacekeepers there from about 19,000 to 3,000.

Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42285871

A useful map of the armed actors in the Eastern DRC, October 2017:https://kivusecurity.nyc3.digitaloce...Dec%202017.pdf

Background to the organization:https://kivusecurity.org/about/project

I am sure those dead are from Tanzania, which contributed to the 'intervention brigade' and the linked article states:

Nearly 300 peacekeepers have been killed since the UN mission arrived in 1999, according to UN peacekeeping data.

Link:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017...-congo-attack/

Added as it has more details:https://suluhu.org/2017/12/08/monusc...eping-history/