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           UN Chief Condemns Killing of Pakistani Peacekeeper in DRC

   United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the killing
   of a Pakistani peacekeeper working for the U.N. mission in the
   Democratic Republic of Congo.
   In a statement issued late Tuesday, Mr. Ban`s spokesman says the
   peacekeeper was killed during an attack by "unidentified assailants" on
   a U.N. military convoy in South Kivu province, in the country`s east,
   bordering Rwanda and Burundi.
   There were no details on the exact location or nature of the attack.
   The U.N. mission, known as MONUSCO, is investigating.
   Pakistan has more than 3,000 peacekeepers in the DRC, making it one of
   the largest contributors to a force that has 19,000 uniformed
   personnel.
   The DRC has endured armed conflicts for more than two decades,
   including the latest eruption of violence in April 2012. The rebel
   group M23 captured several cities in November, demanding the government
   fully implement a 2009 peace deal designed to integrate rebels into the
   Congolese army.
   The U.N. Security Council authorized a special intervention brigade in
   March to reinforce MONUSCO. The U.N. tasked the those troops, numbering
   about 3,000, with preventing the expansion of armed groups such as M23,
   as well as neutralizing and disarming them, in a bid to stabilize the
   eastern DRC.
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