Source: Guardian
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo (the), Mali, World
Managing local conflict is vital to peacekeeping, but needs care and continuity – which international bodies often lack
The eastern Kivu provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are home to one of the largest peacekeeping forces in the world. The UN's Mission de l'Organisation de Nations Unies en République Démocratique du Congo (Monusco), now 20,000 strong, has been in the area for more than a decade, yet is often regarded as ineffectual.
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