DRC kicks out UN peacekeepers spokesman, to speed up troops withdrawal
A fire set by protesters burns in front of United Nations Mission for the Stabilisation of Congo (Monusco) headquarters in Goma on July 25, 2022. PHOTO | AFP
The Democratic Republic of Congo has asked the spokesperson of the UN peacekeepers’ mission (Monusco) to leave the country, signalling a collapse in relations spiked by demonstrations against the foreign troops.
Mathias Gillmann, who has been the face of the mission as it battles against protests by locals, is being kicked out over “indelicate and inappropriate remarks” he made, the authorities say in a letter.
