Top UN official tours conflict-hit eastern DR Congo provinces
M23 soldiers leave Rumangabo camp after a meeting with EACRF officials on January 6, 2023. UN's top official in DR Congo has sought to rally local support for the agency's troubled peacekeeping mission to the country. PHOTO | GUERCHOM NDEBO | AFP
The United Nations' top official in Democratic Republic of Congo has sought to rally local support for the agency's troubled peacekeeping mission to the country, touring its conflict-hit eastern provinces for the first time in months.
Bintou Keïta arrived ahead of a planned visit this month by members of the UN Security Council and amid sharply deteriorating public support for the mission, known as Monusco, and sporadic violent attacks against its peacekeepers.
