The United Nations Security Council has agreed that the UN’s peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo will provide logistical support for next week’s elections, according to a letter seen by AFP.
The DRC is one of the poorest countries in the world, despite its vast mineral wealth. Voters are due to go to the polls on Wednesday.
Kinshasa has asked the UN mission there, known as MONUSCO, for help in transporting material needed for general elections next week, even as it pushes for that mission to leave.
The UN mission in the former Zaire, known as MONUSCO, is still present in three conflict-ridden eastern provinces but is due to withdraw at the demand of the government. Its mandate allows it to provide logistical support for the elections.
Source : NTV