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UN urges Rwanda to leave eastern Congo and extends peacekeeping mission for a year
The UN Security Council unanimously extended MONUSCO's mandate amid escalating violence and a humanitarian crisis with over 85,000 refugees fleeing eastern DRC, urging Rwanda to end support for M23.
- 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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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.
·Montreal, Canada
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Total News Sources70
Leaning Left12Leaning Right9Center16Last UpdatedBias Distribution43% Center
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C 43%
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