Congo-Kinshasa: UN Troops Continue Support to DR Congo Army As Rebels Advance On Goma

19 November 2012

United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today continued to assist the national army to halt the advance of the M23, while Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the rebel group to immediately cease its attacks.

The M23 - composed of soldiers who mutinied from the DRC national army (FARDC) in April - resumed their attacks in North Kivu province early Saturday morning, uprooting thousands of civilians and prompting the UN peacekeeping mission (MONUSCO) to deploy attack helicopters to aid the efforts of the national army.

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