12 January 2015

UN Mission chief applauds joint FARDC-MONUSCO operations against armed groups in eastern DRC

A joint operation by UN troops and the Congolese army (FARDC) took control of the main bases used by an armed group actively threatening security and stability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s long-troubled eastern region. FARDC troops backed by attack helicopters and the Force Intervention Brigade of the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) took control of bases used by the National Liberation Front, known by the French acronym FNL, in an area of restive South Kivu Province. (more…)

Source: UN News Centre | UN Mission chief applauds joint operations against armed groups in eastern DR Congo