Peace Process Accelerates in Eastern DRC

After nearly a year of confrontation between the DRC Army and M23 rebels in the violence-ravaged east of the country, the United Nations authorized an intervention brigade to go beyond peacekeeping and support the government with offensive operations.  By November, M23 had surrendered.  Now government and U.N. forces are jointly tackling other militant groups in eastern Congo.   A year can make a big difference, even in eastern Congo. At the start of the year people there...

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