UN beefs up peacekeeping force in DR Congo capital
Flares are launched by DRCongo Police forces during a demonstration in Goma on September 19, 2016. The United Nations is moving hundreds of peacekeepers to Kinshasa to help deal with a possible outbreak of violence over the postponement of a presidential election. PHOTO | AFP
The United Nations is moving hundreds of peacekeepers from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to Kinshasa to help deal with a possible outbreak of violence over the postponement of a presidential election, UN officials said Tuesday.
About 300 soldiers and police from the MONUSCO force will be stationed in Kinshasa, where violent protests killed 49 last month, the officials said.
