The Chief UN Envoy has requested a troop surge to help quell the violence from rebel forces. Now where have we heard that idea before? Oh yes, Rwanda and Iraq.
Renewed fighting in the DR Congo has lead to around 100,000 people running away from the conflict, spilling into the Sudan and some into Zimbabwe. The United Nations have 17,000 troops occupying the DR Congo - the largest UN peacekeeping force anywhere.
With something like 6 million Congolese dead (over the last 10 years) and hundreds of thousands displaced, this is an ongoing disaster. And that's without investigating the shady mining deals, accusations of slave camps and torture of children whilst hundreds of millions of dollars of EU funds move through paying for troops and election expenses.
The UN troops on the ground requested troop support to head off the Rwanda genocide, and they were ignored. Will the request for a surge be ignored again?
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Renewed fighting in the DR Congo has lead to around 100,000 people running away from the conflict, spilling into the Sudan and some into Zimbabwe. The United Nations have 17,000 troops occupying the DR Congo - the largest UN peacekeeping force anywhere.
With something like 6 million Congolese dead (over the last 10 years) and hundreds of thousands displaced, this is an ongoing disaster. And that's without investigating the shady mining deals, accusations of slave camps and torture of children whilst hundreds of millions of dollars of EU funds move through paying for troops and election expenses.
The UN troops on the ground requested troop support to head off the Rwanda genocide, and they were ignored. Will the request for a surge be ignored again?
Related Link: UN need a troop surge