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DRC: MONUC denounces attacks against its forces
NAIROBI, 3 April 2003 (IRIN) - The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), known as MONUC, on Wednesday denounced a spate of attacks against its forces in three locations in North Kivu Province.
In a statement from its Kinshasa headquarters, MONUC said demonstrators dressed as school students attacked its base at Kanyabayonga on Wednesday, looting equipment from buildings housing MONUC observers. In a similar attack in Lubero, property belonging to the mission was destroyed.
On Tuesday, demonstrators took part in an anti-MONUC march in Beni.
The statement described "such acts of vandalism" against the peacekeepers as "unacceptable" and in violation of international agreements.
MONUC said it had contacted the rebel group controlling the zone, the Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie-Kisangani (RCD-K ML), and the rival Rwandan-backed rebel Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie-Goma (RCD-Goma), to ascertain the reasons behind the attacks and to ensure an end to the violence.
Themes: (IRIN) Conflict
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