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UN Security Council agrees to early withdrawal of DR Congo peacekeepers

UN peacekeepers patrol near Rangira in North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo [File: Djaffar Sabiti/Reuters]

The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously in favour of gradually phasing out its peacekeeping operations known as MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The 15-member body voted on Tuesday to draw down peacekeeping forces in the Central African nation about a year earlier than originally scheduled despite continued concerns over violence.

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