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| Africa Subsaharan |
| UN drops support for joint DRC operation |
| 2015-02-15 |
| [Iran Press TV] The United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... is withdrawing promised support for an anti-militant operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material... (DRC), which was supposed to be jointly carried out with the Congolese military. The world body's decision came after two Congolese generals linked to human rights ...which often include carefully measured allowances of freedomat the convenience of the state... violations were picked to lead the operation. A UN official said on Saturday that relevant Congolese authorities would be served with formal letters "concerning the cessation of support." The UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) had been working with the Congolese army on the plan to drive out the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) turbans from the east of the DRC. The top UN envoy to Congo, Martin Kobler, has said the end of the FDLR will be "a turning point which will fundamentally alter the security situation" in the region, where several gangs have competed for control of vast mineral resources. Kinshasa, however, missed a deadline to sack the two generals, Bruno Mundevu and Fall Sikabwe, whom, the UN has said, are known to be heavily involved in "massive human rights violations." |
| Posted by:Fred |