The UN’s MONUSCO mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) saw its legitimacy fade in recent years, and our survey in January 2023 found that as many as 67 percent of Congolese people wanted the organization to withdraw their peacekeeping efforts.
[quote text=”However, its phasing out will solve little. This absence of a coherent peace and stabilization process … is what should focus the attention of diplomats and government officials in the region,” they wrote.” citation=”Jason Stearns and Joshua Walker of Congo Research Group.
Meanwhile, even if M23 withdraws from eastern DRC, at least 100 other militias will remain in the region, some of which could be more devastating, they said.
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