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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was in Burundi for talks with its President about the conflict in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. Burundi has deployed around a hundred soldiers to a regional peacekeeping force in eastern DRC, which is lying just across its border
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was in Burundi for talks with its President about the conflict in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. Burundi has deployed around a hundred soldiers to a regional peacekeeping force in eastern DRC, which is lying just across its border. The Congo’s army is fighting the rebel M23 group. DRC alleges that the militants are supported by neighboring Rwanda, which the latter flatly refuses.
The UN chief renewed his call for de-escalation, appeasement, and restraint. He called on armed groups of all kinds, local and foreign, to lay down their arms in the DRC. Analysts say that the wealth on the eastern side of DRC is the reason for the fights. There are organized efforts to seize the mines lying in the region, which have been continuing for several years now. The UN Secretary-General called on all parties to defuse the tensions, come to the negotiating table, and agree to a stable and lasting cease-fire.
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The fighting is mostly taking place in Congo’s North Kivu province. Recently, 60 bodies were discovered in several villages in North Kivu Province, Congolese authorities said.
