Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo: UN-Backed Military Action Halted After Army Troops Protest Conditions

3 March 2006

One of two operations in which hundreds of helicopter-backed United Nations peacekeepers were helping the army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) dislodge militia has been called off so that the Congolese soldiers involved can receive better training and preparation, a spokesman said today.

The decision to suspend the operation, in which 300 UN 'Blue Helmets' were helping the army dislodge militia said to have been looting and enslaving locals in the eastern Ituri region of the vast country, was taken after an incident yesterday when some newly integrated elements of the national army protested over their conditions of service.

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