UN official urges 'responsible, quick' exit of Monusco from DRC
A soldier from the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) is seen during a patrol in Oicha, DRC on October 08, 2018. PHOTO | JOHN WESSELS | AFP
A top United Nations official on Wednesday said, during a visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), that peacekeepers should withdraw from the conflict-torn country "as quickly as possible" yet responsibly.
Addressing reporters in the capital Kinshasa, UN under-secretary-general for peacekeeping operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix, also warned that the Congolese state had to step up its own response to armed groups to avoid creating a "security void that would be fatal".
