The Democratic Republic of Congo has asked the U.N. Security Council to change the mandate of its peacekeeping mission to help solve the country’s ongoing battles with insurgents, a government official says.

“They have no mission of being deployed at the border between Congo and a foreign country. They should give them that mandate,” said Information Minister Lambert Mende.

“So I think that the mandate should change, in order to make MONUSCO (the U.N. mission) work more efficiently,” Mende … [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: War and Conflict