Voice of America: DRC Welcomes ‘Action’ by UN Intervention Brigade

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DRC Welcomes 'Action' by UN Intervention Brigade Aug 23rd 2013, 21:20, by webdesk@voanews.com (Nick Long) The United Nations Intervention Brigade in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a new-style U.N. peacekeeping force with a uniquely robust mandate, has finally started fighting, the DRC government said Friday. The force of more than 3,000 troops, mainly from Tanzania and South Africa, has been in eastern Congo for nearly three months and on Thursday opened fire on the M23 rebels.   This was the moment many people in eastern Congo had been waiting for, DRC government spokesman Lambert Mende ... Media files: BE67872D-77A2-4AAE-B1E2-6872D63E06C2_cx0_cy4_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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