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UN urges Rwanda to leave eastern Congo and extends peacekeeping mission for a year
MONUSCO's mandate extended amid M23's capture of key cities, with over 85,000 Congolese refugees fleeing to Burundi, escalating regional instability and humanitarian concerns.
- On Friday, the UN Security Council voted unanimously to extend MONUSCO's deployment in the Democratic Republic of Congo by one year, keeping the mandate until December 20, 2026.
- On December 10, M23 seized Uvira, a DRC city controlling the Burundi border, while earlier this month Congolese and Rwandan leaders signed a Washington peace deal threatened by this fall.
- At least 85,000 people have fled to Burundi in recent weeks, officials estimate, while the MONUSCO mission of 11,500 military personnel continues deployment amid rising displacement.
- Washington said M23 is backed by Rwanda and US representative Jennifer Locetta said Rwandan and M23 efforts disrupted negotiations to renew MONUSCO's mandate.
- Contradictory signals — M23 says it began pulling out of Uvira, but local sources report troops moving north and agents still present.
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Associated Press News+10 Reposted by 10 other sources
UN urges Rwanda to leave eastern Congo and extends peacekeeping mission for a year
The U.N. Security Council has urged Rwanda to withdraw its forces from eastern Congo and extended the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo for a year.
·United States
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The UN Security Council has extended the Monusco Peace Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo for another year.
·Germany
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The United Nations Security Council unanimously voted to extend the peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by one year.
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The Star Kuala LumpurUN demands Rwanda leave Congo, extends UN peacekeeping mission
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 19 - The U. N. Security Council on Friday condemned an offensive by M23 in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, demanded Rwanda stop supporting the rebels and withdraw its troops, and renewed the mandate for U.N. peacekeepers. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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