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Significance
The resulting reputational damage will heap additional pressure on the mission, which is grappling with an upsurge in violence in the eastern provinces. Its mandate was extended by one year by the UN Security Council on March 31.
Impacts
MONUSCO will be ineffective at containing violence during the upcoming general elections since its mandate is limited to eastern security.
Use of surveillance drones, some operated by US military contractor Selex ES, will increase local communities' distrust of MONUSCO.
Problems with MONUSCO could mar perceptions of other interventions, since it is considered a template for UN peacekeeping.
Keywords:
Congo-Kinshasa,
AF,
Burundi,
Rwanda,
United Nations,
politics,
social,
civil war,
military,
rebellion,
refugees,
war,
guerrillas,
human rights,
peacekeeping
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