UN Security Council to discuss DR Congo sanctions

DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi.

DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi. The United Nations Security Council is set to meet for a briefing on the sanctions against the Democratic Republic of Congo. PHOTO | AFP

The United Nations Security Council will on Monday afternoon meet for a briefing on the sanctions against the Democratic Republic of Congo as the African nation battles renewed insurgencies.

Of immediate concern is the ‘State of Siege’ imposed on two eastern provinces of Ituri and North Kivu since April to contain an insurgency.