UN MISSION IN EASTERN DR CONGO STEPS UP PATROLS, SENDS IN CHOPPERS, TO PROTECT CIVILIANS

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Date: 21 Aug 2013 18:00:01 -0400
Subject: UN MISSION IN EASTERN DR CONGO STEPS UP PATROLS, SENDS IN
CHOPPERS, TO PROTECT CIVILIANS
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UN MISSION IN EASTERN DR CONGO STEPS UP PATROLS, SENDS IN CHOPPERS, TO
PROTECT CIVILIANSNew York, Aug 21 2013 6:00PMThe United Nations
peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has
stepped up patrols and is sending in helicopters to protect civilians
in the eastern part of the country following continued clashes between
armed groups.

The UN Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(MONUSCO) has also activated its contingency plan in the area, a UN
spokesperson told journalists in New York.

"Its peacekeepers are providing security to 1,000 civilians in and
around its base," the spokesperson said.

Combatants from four armed groups exchanged fire near its base in
Pinga, North Kivu province, on Monday, according to MONUSCO. Three
mortar bombs landed near the base.

This latest bout of violence came as Martin Kobler visited North Kivu
for the first time as the new Special Representative of the
Secretary-General in the country during which he pledged to do
everything in my power to address the armed groups' issue in the Kivus
and in the rest of the eastern DRC.

Over the past year, the M23, along with other armed groups, have
clashed repeatedly with the national forces (FARDC) in the eastern
DRC. The rebels briefly occupied Goma in November 2012. The fighting
resumed in recent weeks, this time dragging in a group of
Ugandan-based rebels, and displaced more than 100,000 people,
exacerbating the region's ongoing humanitarian crisis, which includes
2.6 million internally displaced people (IDPs) and 6.4 million in need
of food and emergency aid.Aug 21 2013 6:00PM
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