MONUSCO exits South Kivu

As the year-end closure of the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) looms ever larger, last week saw MONUSCO wrap up and shutter its Bukavu office, the operations nerve centre in South Kivu for 20 plus years. 30 June marked completion of MONUSCO’s withdrawal from the province marking the […] The post MONUSCO exits South Kivu appeared first on defenceWeb.

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