South Africa will withdraw its 700 troops deployed under the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the presidency confirmed. Pretoria had previously repatriated hundreds of soldiers from another military mission under the Southern African Development Community (SADC) following the deaths of 17 troops amid escalating conflict with the M23 rebel
Kenyan peacekeepers from the 5th Quick Reaction Force (KENQRF 5), deployed under the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), joined hundreds of residents of Beni this morning for the weekly community clean-up initiative dubbed “Exercise Safisha Mji” (Clean the Town), locally known as “Salongo.” The Kenyan contingent worked