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(3,547 posts) Wed Jul 6, 2016, 03:54 AM Jul 2016

U.N. peacekeepers preparing for possible Congo political violence

Source: Reuters

July 6, 2016

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Political uncertainty over Democratic Republic of Congo's next presidential election could spiral into a severe crisis and United Nations peacekeepers are developing contingency plans for widespread violence, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned.

In a report to the U.N. Security Council released on Tuesday, Ban said that under those plans peacekeepers in Congo might need to ask for help from other U.N. missions.

"I am concerned that in the absence of a credible and meaningful political dialogue among Congolese stakeholders, tensions could degenerate into a severe crisis, with a high risk of relapse into violence and instability," Ban said.

The Congolese government has said it is unlikely it will be able to hold elections in November for logistical reasons but opponents of President Joseph Kabila accuse him of trying to cling to power. The government has denied the claim.

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Given all the grief over Saddam ... Igel Jul 2016 #1

Igel

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1. Given all the grief over Saddam ...

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Wed Jul 6, 2016, 10:34 AM

Jul 2016

Perhaps Mobuto should have been supported and his human rights violations ignored.

At least under Mobuto there was relative peace and stability, even if it was a dictatorship.

(One more of those "there is no moral high ground" topics. Fight oppression and hope for the best, only to shake your head when that particular change works out spectacularly badly, or point out how horrible things are and necessarily saying that repressive dictatorship is a progressive value because we can't risk change. Sucks, not being omniscient.)

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