UN peacekeeping troops in Democratic Republic of Congo have launched an offensive against Rwandan ethnic Hutu rebels operating in the eastern part of the country, the UN command said Wednesday.
“MONUSCO’s intervention brigade launched operations against the FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda) yesterday, Tuesday, in Kalembe, in the Masisi region,” the mission said on Twitter.
MONUSCO is an acronym for the UN mission in DR Congo.
Earlier this month the UN authorised its peacekeepers in the strife-torn country to go after armed groups and militias operating there.