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On guard: Peacekeepers from the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known as Monusco, carry out a field training exercise in Sake, a town about 30km from Goma in the eastern part of the DRC. Photo: Glody Murhabazi/AFP
ARMED FORCES OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

UN force deployed for ‘Operation Springbok’ to save DRC civilians

Clashes broke out again at the start of October after six months of relative calm, pitting rebels against the national army

  • Glody Murhabazi
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