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UN peacekeeping missions threatened by $2 billion budget gap

The UN is struggling with almost $2 billion in unpaid contributions to its peacekeeping budget, with current cash balances covering less than two months of operations

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Rebel fire hits UN helicopter in eastern DR Congo

Ugandan rebels fired on a UN helicopter in the volatile Beni region in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, though there were no casualties, UN sources said

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UN peacekeepers and DR Congo troops killed in offensive against ADF

United Nations peacekeepers and Congolese troops have been killed and wounded in an offensive against the AFG militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

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Democratic Republic of Congo: Rebels kill 11 people, kidnap 10 children near Beni

Allied Democratic Forces rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least 11 people and abducted 15 others in a raid near Beni

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UN bars Nigerian peacekeeper for sexually exploiting woman in Democratic Republic of Congo

A Nigerian man who was a UN peacekeeper has been sent home and barred from peacekeeping after investigators found he had sexually exploited a woman in 2017

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10 civilians, Uganda rebel killed in DR Congo as UN security council renews MONUSCO peacekeeping mission

Ten civilians and a militant died in Beni in Democratic Republic of Congo's east on the day the U.N. Security Council renewed its MONUSCO peacekeeping mission until 2019

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Ugandan army says it attacked rebel camps in eastern DR Congo

Uganda's army said it attacked a rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where militants killed 14 UN peacekeepers earlier this month

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UN peacekeepers killed in DR Congo base attack

Fourteen peacekeepers from the United Nations Democratic Republic of the Congo mission (MONUSCO) and five Congolese soldiers were killed in an attack on a base in North Kivu, the U.N. said on Friday.

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