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S. Africa to send troops to join UN mission in Congo

By REUTERS

APRIL 7, 2013 15:11

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa will send troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of a UN mission to neutralize armed groups in the conflict-torn east of the country, a South African military spokesman said on Sunday.

The deployment comes as South Africa is coming to grips with its worst military setback since the end of apartheid in 1994. Thirteen of its troops were killed last month in a shootout with rebels in the neighboring Central African Republic (CAR).

"The DRC deployment has nothing to do with the CAR. Neither did the CAR incident influence the decision to send the troops into the DRC. They are two different issues," Brigadier General Xolani Mabanga told Reuters.

The size and timing of the deployment will depend on the terms set by the United Nations, he added.

The Security Council unanimously adopted in late March a resolution establishing the so-called intervention brigade as part of the existing 20,000-strong UN force in Congo, known as MONUSCO.

It is the first time the United Nations has created such a unit within a traditional peacekeeping force.

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