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Arriving in DR of Congo, UN peacekeeping official predicts challenge in upcoming polls

7 March 2006
The senior United Nations peacekeeping official has arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where the world body has deployed a large-scale mission to help facilitate a return to stability in the war-ravaged country.

DR Congo: UN-backed military action halted after army troops protest conditions

3 March 2006
One of two operations in which hundreds of helicopter-backed United Nations peacekeepers were helping the army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) dislodge militia has been called off so that the Congolese soldiers involved can receive better training and preparation, a spokesman said today.

UN peacekeepers in DR of Congo help army in second operation against rebel militia

1 March 2006
In the second military operation this week of its kind, some 300 United Nations peacekeepers, backed by helicopter gunships, are helping the army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) dislodge militia said to have been looting and enslaving locals in the eastern region of the vast country.