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| U.N. Could Reduce DR Congo Mission from 2015 |
| 2014-12-07 |
| [AnNahar] The U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material... , one of the biggest in the world, said Thursday it could cut its presence from next year, despite continued bloodshed in the east of the country. Martin Kobler, the head of the MONUSCO peacekeeping mission, said "we could reduce our presence" from 2015 if the government's authority was restored. I'm sure the latter will happen... Already a delegation from U.N. headquarters in New York "has come to see how MONUSCO could reduce its forces, because the security situation in many places is getting better," Kobler said in an online chat session. You can tell by the fewer dead bodies left to rot in the bush. Oh wait... However, there's more than one way to stuff a chicken... the United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... has expressed concern ...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended... in recent weeks over a worsening of the situation in North Kivu province in the east, where numerous Congolese and foreign gangs are active. Beni, an area in the north of the province, has seen a series of killings that left some 200 dead between October and November. Victims, including women and kiddies, were mostly stabbed or hacked to death. The massacres have been blamed on the mainly Moslem rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces and National Army for the Liberation of Uganda (ADF-NALU). Best way to liberate Uganda is to pile up deaders in the Congo. Ev'ryone knows that... The most recent unrest took place Thursday, when armed festivities left four ADF-NALU fighters and one Congolese soldier dead, the military said. Congo's army intervened in the area earlier in the week for the first time since October to quash violence that claimed three lives on Monday night. "These confrontations will continue until we've neutralized the ADF," said Colonel Celestin Geleka, a front man for the Congolese army operation battling the Ugandan rebels. MONUSCO has been in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for 15 years and currently has 20,000 troops, most of them deployed in the east. |
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| Posted by: Shipman 2014-12-07 17:45 |
| #2 One Country Separated by Four Languages...DR CONGO |
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| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-12-07 07:27 |