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Wed 11 Nov 2009Congo mission has failed - UN
The massive UN peacekeeping effort in eastern Congo has failed to deliver a knockout blow to Rwandan rebels, while local insurgents have seized new territory under its nose, United Nations experts said today.
Far from resolving the root causes of the violence, the presence of the world's biggest peacekeeping mission has aggravated the conflict in North and South Kivu provinces, the report seen by Reuters today said.
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