{"id":2407,"date":"2022-03-10T08:39:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T08:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/?p=2407"},"modified":"2022-03-10T08:39:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T08:39:06","slug":"ukraine-soldiers-to-leave-un-mission-in-eastern-drc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/2407\/ukraine-soldiers-to-leave-un-mission-in-eastern-drc\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine soldiers to leave UN mission in eastern DRC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A contingent of 250 Ukrainian peacekeepers are to leave eastern <a href=\"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/?s=CONGO\">DRC<\/a> and return to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made on Tuesday by the UN.<\/p>\n<p>A date is yet to be announced for the departure. The withdrawal will also include equiment and helicopters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If they are leaving to strengthen forces at home because things have heated up lately, I must say that it is not a problem at all. They can leave to find a solution at home because it&#8217;s not important to be with us in the DRC, while things are burning at home&#8221;, said a local resident, Rede Kibanda.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will continue to pray for them for this war to end, because everything that has a beginning has an end. We don&#8217;t want this war to persist, even if at home in the DRC the war continues, but we don&#8217;t want that. With the help of God this war will end&#8221;, added Justin Maheshe, a local vendor.<\/p>\n<p>Goma is in the eastern part of DRC and has been plagued by violence from dozens of armed groups for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A contingent of 250 Ukrainian peacekeepers are to leave eastern DRC and return to Ukraine. The announcement was made on Tuesday by the UN. A date is yet to be announced for the departure. 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